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What's the building block of a carbohydrate?
Simple sugar (monosaccharide/glucose)
What does mitosis create?
An exact copy (clone)
What does meiosis create?
Gametes (sperm or egg)
What does photosynthesis need to occur?
Carbon dioxide and water
What does respiration need to occur?
Glucose and oxygen
What are fatty acids and glycerol the building blocks of?
Lipids
What type of cell does mitosis happen in?
Body cell (somatic)
Where does meiosis occur?
Testes or ovaries
Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?
Sun
Where does the energy for respiration come from?
Glucose
What are the building blocks of proteins?
Amino Acids
What word describes the chromosome number in the cell created by mitosis?
Diploid
What word describes the chromosome number of a gamete?
Haploid
In what plant organelle does photosynthesis occur?
Chloroplast
In wh?at plant organelle does respiration occur
Mitochondria
Nucleic acids include what large molecules?
RNA and DNA
What is mitosis used for?
Growth and healing
Why is it important that meiosis create HAPLOID cells?
So the zygote has the correct number of chromosomes.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose
What are the products of respiration?
ATP and carbon dioxide
What family of biomolecules provides MOST of our energy?
Carbohydrates
Once an egg is fertilized, what process makes it grow?
Mitosis
Identical twins have the same / different / one set of chromosomes
Same
In what part of a plant does photosynthesis mostly occur?
Leaves
ATP is a molecule that the body uses for what?
Energy