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Photo-Cellular Res
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiratoin
Term | Definition |
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producer | an organism who can make its own food using energy from its surroundings. |
consumer | an organism that eats other organisms or organic matter. |
decomposer | an organism that gets energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms or animal waste and consuming or absorbing the nutrients |
photosynthesis | the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to make food. |
chloroplast | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs. |
chlorophyll | a green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis. |
glucose | a sugar that stores chemical energy. |
ATP | a molecule that stores broken down sugar and powers many of the chemical reactions in a cell. |
cellular respiration | the process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food. |
mitochondria | in eukaryotic cells, the organelle that is the site of cellular respiration which releases energy for use by the cell. |