Using Stored Energy

An organism that gets energy and matter by eating or absorbing other organisms as food.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process that cells use to release the energy stored in sugars.

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Metabolism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Structures in cells that convert energy in sugar molecules into usable energy.

• Mitochondria

• Ribosomes

• Lysosomes

• Golgi Apparatus

A molecule that is used to store energy in the form of oils and is important in forming cells.

• Fat

• Glucose

• Protein

• Chlorophyll

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

A type of molecule that makes up much of an organism's structure and helps it function.

• Protein

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Enzyme

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

Sugars, including the ones involved in photosynthesis and cellular respiration, are a type of food molecule called a ___________.

• Carbohydrate

• Lipid

• Protein

• Vitamin