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Cells and Heredity Ch 2
Interactive Science Series
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Science
7th Grade
11/28/2016

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photosynthesis
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the process by which a cell captures energy in sunlight and uses it to make food
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autotroph
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an organism that makes its own food; another name for a producer
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heterotroph
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An organism that cannot make its own food; another name for a consumer
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chlorophyll
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the main pigment for photosynthesis in chloroplasts
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cellular respiration
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the process by which cells obtain energy from glucose
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fermentation
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an energy releasing process that does not require oxygen
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cell cycle
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the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo
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interphase
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the first stage of the cell cycle
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chromosomes
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threadlike structures in the nucleus formed from DNA and proteins
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mitosis
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the second stage of the cell cycle
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cytokinesis
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the final stage of the cell cycle
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replication
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making an exact copy of the DNA in the nucleus
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