Vocabulary

3. the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body.
4. a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy
6. a type of energy storage molecule made of many glucose molecules connected together
7. a set of interacting parts forming a complex whole
10. a collection of tissues that structurally form a functional unit specialized to perform a particular function.
14. A type of cell that receives and sends messages from the body to the brain and back to the body.
15. the chemical reaction between oxygen and glucose that releases energy into cells
16. a molecule that organisms can use to release energy, and that is made of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms
17. the body system that transports molecules to and from all cells of the body

1. a claim supported by evidence
2. the body system that takes in food and breaks it down
5. the body system that takes in oxygen and releases carbon dioxide
8. a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
9. the body’s use of molecules for energy and growth
11. molecules that are the building blocks of proteins
12. a molecule that organisms get from the air or water around them and use to release energy
13. a molecule made of carbon and oxygen atoms