Cells
The basic unit of life.
What is a cell?
The process by which green plants make food using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
The nutrient group that provides energy.
What are carbohydrates?
The process by which cells release energy from glucose.
What is respiration?
This organ pumps blood around the body.
What is the heart?
This structure controls what enters and exits the cell.
What is the cell membrane?
The green pigment essential for photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
This muscular organ churns food and mixes it with gastric juice.
What is the stomach?
The gas used in aerobic respiration.
What is oxygen?
These blood vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
Organelle responsible for energy production in cells.
What is the mitochondrion?
This raw material for photosynthesis is absorbed by plant roots.
What is water?
The enzyme in saliva that starts digestion of starch.
What is amylase?
This waste product is produced during aerobic respiration.
What is carbon dioxide?
Tissue that transports water in plants.
What is xylem?
The organelle found only in plant cells that is responsible for photosynthesis.
What is the chloroplast?
The part of the plant where most photosynthesis occurs.
What is the leaf?
Daily Double!!
This vitamin is important for healthy gums and wound healing.
What is vitamin C?
The type of respiration that does not require oxygen.
What is anaerobic respiration?
Tissue that transports sugars in plants.
What is phloem?
The jelly-like substance in which organelles are suspended.
What is the cytoplasm?
This gas is released as a by-product during photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
Tiny finger-like projections in the small intestine that absorb nutrients.
What are villi?
The main energy-carrying molecule produced during respiration.
What is ATP (adenosine triphosphate)?
The fluid that circulates in the lymphatic system.
What is lymph?