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Chapter 2 Cells to Organisms
Chapter 2 test Cells to Organisms everett
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8th Grade
02/08/2012

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Chapter 2 test: Cells to Organism
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The products of photosynthesis
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Oxygen and Sugars
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During photosynthesis
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the cell uses the energy in sunlight to make food
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Oxygen
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The product of photosynthesis most living things need to survive
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Photosynthesis benefits heterotrophs because
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it creates food that they can eat
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During respiration
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Glucose is broken down, releasing energy
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Photosynthesis and respiration are related because they
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have opposite equations
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Chlorophyll and other pigments
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capture energy from sunlight during photosynthesis
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Stomata
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What carbon dioxide enters a plant through
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Tissue
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A group of cells that perform a similar function
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Respiratory and Circulatory Systems
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Help deliver oxygen to body cells
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Your brain is made mostly of
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nerve tissue
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Cell
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The basic unit of structure and function in the human body
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Nerve Tissue
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Carries messages back and forth between the brain and every part of the body
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Muscle tissue
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Human body tissue that can contract or shorten
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Stomata
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Small openings that allow carbon dioxide to enter a leaf
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Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the
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sun
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During respiration,
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molecules of GLUCOSE are first broken down in the cytoplasm
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respiration
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process when energy from glucose is released
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products of respiration are energy, carbon dioxide, and
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water
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chlorophyll
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pigment in chloroplasts that capture the energy in light
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tissue
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cells that are similar in structure and function that join together
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System
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organs join to form a system that performs a major function
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Muscle tissue
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contracts or shortens to make body parts move.
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epithelia tissue
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tissue that lines the inside of the small intestine
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cell
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basic unit of structure and function in a living thing
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Muscle
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can shorten or contract
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Nerve
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transports messages
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Connective
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Supports and connects
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Epithelial
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covers the surfaces of your body, inside and out like skin or digestive lining
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