Photosynthesis
This green pigment in plants absorbs sunlight to start photosynthesis.
What is chlorophyll?
This organelle is known as the “powerhouse of the cell” where most cellular respiration occurs.
What is the mitochondrion?
This molecule carries the genetic instructions for life.
What is DNA?
This type of cell division produces two identical daughter cells.
What is mitosis?
This type of transport moves molecules from high to low concentration without using energy.
What is passive transport?
These tiny openings on leaves allow carbon dioxide to enter.
What are stomata?
This molecule is the main energy currency produced during cellular respiration.
What is ATP?
These are the building blocks of DNA, made of a sugar, phosphate, and base.
What are nucleotides?
This phase of mitosis is when chromosomes line up in the middle of the cell.
What is metaphase?
This form of passive transport involves water moving across a membrane.
What is osmosis?
This gas is released as a product of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen?
This gas is required for aerobic respiration.
What is oxygen?
These two bases always pair together: adenine pairs with this base.
What is thymine?
This structure pulls chromosomes apart during cell division.
What are spindle fibers?
This type of transport requires energy to move molecules from low to high concentration.
What is active transport?
This organelle is the site where photosynthesis takes place.
What is the chloroplast?
This simple sugar is broken down during cellular respiration to release energy.
What is glucose?
This shape describes the structure of DNA discovered by Watson and Crick.
What is a double helix?
This type of cell division produces gametes with half the number of chromosomes.
What is meiosis?
These proteins help larger molecules cross the membrane without energy.
What are channel proteins?
This simple sugar is the main product plants make during photosynthesis.
What is glucose?
This process occurs when oxygen is NOT present and produces lactic acid in muscles.
What is fermentation?
This process copies DNA before cell division.
What is DNA replication?
This phase of the cell cycle is when the cell grows and duplicates its DNA before division.
What is interphase?
This process brings large particles into the cell by forming a vesicle.
What is endocytosis?