Unit 4 Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration vocabulary

Process by which plans and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• anaerobic respiration

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• anaerobic respirtion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Respiration that does not require oxygen

• anaerobic respiration

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

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NGSS.HS-LS2-3

Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis

• chlorophyll

• chloroplast

• mitocondria

• chlorine

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondria

• ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy production)

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Non-living things (like rocks)

• abiotic

• biotic

• anaerobic

Living things (like plants and you)

• biotic

• abiotic

• anerobic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A natural environment that absorbs and stores more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it releases, which offsets greenhouse gas emissions

• carbon sink

• deep carbon well

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals

• fossil fuel

• carbon sink

• hydroelectric

• thermal heat

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5