Vocabulary
Define autotroph.
An organism that can produce its own food.
What is photosynthesis?
A process to use light energy to make food.
A process that uses food to make energy.
What are the purposes of cell division?
1. Growth
2. Repair/replace
3. Reproduction
What process occurs when there is no oxygen present for cellular respiration?
Fermentation
Define chlorophyll.
A pigment found in plants that can absorb sunlight.
What is another name for sugar?
Glucose
What are the inputs of cellular respiration?
oxygen and sugar
2
This phase of mitosis is when the chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
Metaphase
What is the cell cycle?
What are the inputs of photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide and water
What are the outputs of cellular respiration?
carbon dioxide and water
True or false: Mitosis produces two daughter cells that are not genetically the same.
False - they are genetically the same!
How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?
They are opposite processes
A cell copies its DNA before cell division.
What are the outputs of photosynthesis?
oxygen and glucose
What are the two steps of cellular respiration?
1. Break down glucose a little.
2. Break down glucose all the way.
What are the parts of cell division?
Interphase, Mitosis, Cytokinesis
The daughter cells split into two separate cells.
What is a chromosome?
A structure that contains an organism's DNA tightly wrapped.
What are the 2 steps of photosynthesis?
1. Capture light energy.
2. Make sugars.
Which step of cellular respiration has the greatest energy conversion?
Step 2
What are the phases of mitosis?
Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
Any heterotroph - animals, humans, insects