Biology Vocab

7. Autotrophs and heterotrophs are two types.
12. Produces the most ATP of any of the processes of cellular respiration. Series of electron transporters.
14. Absorption of light and water, and produces glucose (food) and oxygen. Only in plants.
15. Releases energy by breaking down food molecules.
16. Cycle that explains how a carbon is emitted and reused.
17. Includes carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, detritivores, and decomposers.
18. Process of joining smaller units together.
19. The four spheres of the Earth, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and the geosphere.
20. Large units

1. Converts chemical energy stored in food into compounds that are more usable for the cell.
2. Smaller units.
3. Metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic substrates through the action of enzymes.
4. First step in the breakdown of glucose to extract energy for cellular metabolism. Takes place in the cytoplasm.
5. Cycle that goes through condensation, transpiration, precipitation, evaporation, and percolation.
6. Basic building blocks of all living things. Eukaryotes and prokaryotes are two types.
8. This cycle shows how phosphorus is used and produced.
9. This cycle shows how nitrogen moves through the earth and the atmosphere, and the different types of nitrogen and where they are found.
10. One of the principal chemical compounds the cells use to store and release energy.
11. Breaks down pyruvate into CO2. Takes place in the mitochondria.
13. Organelle where photosynthesis takes place. Only found in plants.