Cell Process and Energy

3. a disease in which some body cells grow and divide uncontrollably
7. a change in a gene or chromosome
8. a doubled rod of condensed chromatin
11. the process by which a cell breaks down simple food molecules to release the energy they contain
13. the stage of the cell cycle that takes place before cell division occurs
16. the process by which plants and some other organisms capture the energy in sunlight and use it to make food
17. a green pigment found in the chloroplasts of plants, algae, and some bacteria

1. a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably
2. the process by which cells break down molecules to release energy without using oxygen
3. the final stage of the cell cycle, in which the cell's cytoplasm divides, distributing the organelles into each of the two new cells.
4. th euse of drugs to treat diseases such as cancer
5. the stage in the cell cycle during which the cells nucleus divides into two new nuclei and one copy of the DNA is distributed to each daughter cell
6. an organism that cannot make it's own food
9. a colored chemical compound that absorbs light
10. the process by which a cell makes a copy of the DNA in its nucleus
12. small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move
14. an organism that makes its own food
15. cycle the regular sequence of growth and division that cells undergo