Unit 3 Vocabulary

The metabolic processes where glucose is broken down to create ATP.

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Mitochondrion

• Chloroplast

• A protein that catalyzes (speeds up) a reaction without being changed by it.

• Enzyme

• Mitochondrion

• Chloroplast

• Activation Energy

The process in which carbon dioxide, water, and light energy (from sunlight) are captured to create glucose and oxygen.

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

• Chloroplast

• ATP

A chemical or set of chemicals that are affected by enzymes.

• Substrate

• Product

• Catalyst

• Reactant

The amount of energy required before a process (such as chemical reactions) can occur.

• Activation Energy

• Enzymes

• Product

• Reactant

The biological process in which food glucose is converted into energy in the presence of oxygen.

• Aerobic Respiration

• Anaerobic Respiration

• Activation Energy

• Catalyst

A type of respiration through which cells can break down sugars to generate ATP in the absence of oxygen.

• Aerobic respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Anaerobic respiration
• Osmosis

An organic compound that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells.

• Reactant

• Catalyst

• Enzyme

• ATP

A substance that increases the rate of a chemical reactions.

• Catalyst
• Inhibitor
• Substrate
• Product

A type of membrane-bound organelle known as a plastid that conducts photosynthesis mostly in plant and algal cells.

• Mitochondria
• Nucleus
• Endoplasmic Reticulum
• Chloroplast