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| A compound of two hydrogen atoms and a oxygen atom. It is used for most chemical reactions in cells. Makes up approximately 70% of cells. |
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| Organisms that can live without air. |
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| Organisms that need air to survive. |
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| An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis. |
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| Organisms that must consume other organisms to obtain energy. |
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| Consumers that get their energy by breaking down nutrients in dead organisms. |
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| Large molecules that are made of amino acids which have many functions. |
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| Proteins that start or speed up chemical reactions in cells. |
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| Molecules made of sugars which store energy for cells. |
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| Carbohydrates that are made of one or a few sugar molecules and include table sugar and glucose. |
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| Carbohydrates that are made of hundreds of sugar molecules linked together. |
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| Molecules that cannot mix with water, and can store energy. |
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| Molecules that form much of the cell membrane . It's "head" is attracted to water, and the tail isn't. When in water, they form a phospholipid bilayer, with the tails of both rows touching. |
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| A simple carbohydrate, the most common source of energy for a cell. |
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| Lipids which store energy. Some(f) are solid at room temperature, and others(o) are liquid. Some(o) are mainly in plants, and others(f) in animals. |
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| Adenosine Triphosphate, the major energy carrying molecule of cells. |
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| Molecules that carry the directions for how to make proteins. |
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| Small molecules which make up nucleic acids. |
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