Molecules
A molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy.
Oxygen
What is metabolism?
The body's use of molecules for energy and growth.
What does Glucose come from?
Starch
Organs can work together to form a larger, more complex _____.
system
What is cellular respiration?
The chemical reaction that releases energy into cells.
What is starch?
A type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together.
The body system that takes in food and breaks it down.
Digestive system
What do Amino Acids come from?
Protein
A functioning human body has _____ from food and molecules from the air in its cells.
[molecules]
What goes in the cells to create energy?
Oxygen and glucose
What is an amino acid?
Molecules that are the building blocks of proteins.
The body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body.
Circulatory system
The _____ of the small intestine absorb food molecules.
Villi
A problem with a body system can result in fewer oxygen, glucose, and/or _____ molecules getting to the body's cells.
[amino acid]
Cellular respiration makes _______
ENERGY
A category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things.
Protein
What is your respiratory system?
The body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide.
What are molecules made of?
ATOMS
In a functioning human body, body systems work together to deliver glucose, _____ and amino acid molecules to the cells in the body.
[oxygen]
How is energy stored?
It is stored as glucose.
Glucose is an example of a......
A process in which atoms rearrange to form new substances.
Chemical reaction
Glucose, amino acids, oxygen and carbon dioxide are examples of....
Molecules
Inside the cell, the _____ that make up glucose and oxygen can be rearranged to make different molecules. This chemical reaction is called cellular respiration and releases energy.
[atoms]
What comes out of the cell after cellular respiration happens? (its the same thing we breathe out)
Carbon Dioxide