Molecules of Life
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Cell Division
Miscellaneous
100
These molecules provide energy and come from foods such as bread, pasta, and rice.
What are carbohydrates?
100
Plants capture energy from this.
What is the sun?
100
Cellular respiration occurs in this part of the cell.
What is the mitochondria?
100
This molecule contains the instructions needed for a cell's growth and other functions, such as cell division.
What is DNA?
100
DNA is found in this part of the cell.
What is the nucleus?
200
These molecules make up the cell membrane and they don't like to mix with water.
What are lipids?
200
Photosynthesis occurs in this part of the plant cell.
What is the chloroplast?
200
This is the name of the simple sugar molecule that is broken down during cellular respiration.
What is glucose?
200
DNA is wrapped into these tightly coiled structures before a cell divides.
What are chromosomes?
200
Mitosis results in the creation of this many genetically identical cells.
What is 2?
300
These molecules are responsible for building and repairing tissue.
What are proteins?
300
The starting materials for photosynthesis include sunlight, carbon dioxide, and this.
What is water?
300
This gas molecule, which is released by plants, is required by all cells for cellular respiration.
What is oxygen?
300
The 3 main purposes of cell division in multicellular organisms include growth, development, and this.
What is repair?
300
This type of reproduction involves only one parent.
What is asexual reproduction?
400
These molecules make up DNA.
What are nucleic acids?
400
The products of photosynthesis are sugar and this gas molecule.
What is oxygen?
400
The products of cellular respiration include water, chemical energy, and this.
What is carbon dioxide?
400
This is the part of the cell cycle when the cell carries out its normal functions, such as growth and making proteins.
What is interphase?
400
This type of reproduction requires male and female parent cells.
What is sexual reproduction?
500
About 70% of the cell is made of this small molecule.
What is water (H2O)?
500
This is the name of the pigment molecule found in the chloroplast which gives leaves their green color.
What is chlorophyll?
500
This process allows cells to break down glucose when there is no oxygen available for respiration.
What is fermentation?
500
This is the part of the cell cycle when the nucleus divides.
What is mitosis?
500
Prokaryotic cells divide through this process. It is similar to mitosis except there is no nucleus to be divided.
What is binary fission?
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