Energy of life

Energy molecule

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Chlorophyll

• food chain

• H2O

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

All of the chemical reactions that occur within an organism

• carbon dioxide and water

• anaerobic respiration

• Metabolism

• SUN

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-7

Proteins that speed up chemical reactions (break apart or put together molecules)

• aerobic respiration

• Enzymes

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

respiration that takes place in the presence of oxygen

• anaerobic respiration

• Photosynthesis

• carbon dioxide and water

• CO2

process by which plants, and some other organisms use sunlight energy, water and carbon dioxide, and convert it into glucose (food for the producer)

• breathing

• Photosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• Producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide

• Vacuole

• Mitochondria

• Chloroplast

• breathing

The process by which cells use oxygen (aerobic) and break down simple food molecules (glucose) to release the energy they contain.

• breathing

• Cellular Respiration

• O2

• Enzymes

Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen (anaerobic respiration)

• Mitochondria

• Consumers

• food web

• Fermentation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-3

A green organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs

• Chloroplast

• Vacuole

• Producers

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria that absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis

• Chlorophyll

• ATP (adenosine triphosphate)

• Fermentation

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3