Metabolism Vocab

2. the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body
3. a collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function.
5. a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy
8. a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
10. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
11. a molecule made of carbon and cellular
12. molecules that are the building blocks of proteins
17. the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells

1. the body’s use of molecules for energy and growth
4. system: the body system that takes in food and breaks it down
6. a category of large molecules that perform important functions inside living things
7. the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body
9. a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together
13. A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body.
14. argument a claim supported by evidence
15. system the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
16. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way