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You've Got Chemistry
Name That Molecule
Keeping The Balance
To Renew Or Not To Renew
Conservation For The Win
100
The chemical process which turns glucose into energy for both plants and animals.
What is cellular respiration?
100
The energy molecule.
What is ATP.
100
All of the chemical reactions which maintain life in an organism.
What is metabolism?
100
Oil
What is non-renewable?
100
The conscious decision to reduce, reuse, and recycle our resources.
What is conservation?
200
The chemical process which allows certain organisms to harness energy from the sun to make glucose.
What is photosynthesis?
200
The molecule that is stored in the body for later energy use.
What are lipids?
200
This is the rate at which the body uses energy just to sustain life functions.
What is the basal metabolic rate (BMR)?
200
Wind
What is renewable?
200
Turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth.
What is reducing?
300
The products of photosynthesis.
What are glucose and oxygen?
300
The molecules that build muscle and perform many jobs in the body.
What are protein?
300
The unit of energy in a given food.
What is a calorie?
300
Natural Gas
What is non-renewable?
300
Turning soda cans into aluminum siding for a house.
What is recycling?
400
The reactants of cellular respiration.
What are glucose and oxygen?
400
These come in the form of single elements or molecule combinations and are essential in the functioning of the body.
What are minerals?
400
250 calories eaten for breakfast, 250 calories burned during P.E.
What is energy balance?
400
The term for non-renewable resources used by humans, such as coal.
What is a fossil fuel?
400
Shopping at a thrift store for clothes.
What is reusing?
500
The products of cellular respiration.
What are ATP, water, and carbon dioxide?
500
These molecules, which are produced by plants, are the major source of glucose for animals.
What are carbohydrates?
500
The process that your body undergoes when it breaks down food, which requires the addition of oxygen. Also occurs in nature when things rust.
What is oxidation?
500
This is a resource that comes from the environment, unlike something synthetically made.
What is a natural resource?
500
Using a resource faster than it can be produced.
What is depletion?