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- 2. the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat.
- 6. the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue.
- 9. provides energy for physiological processes such as muscular contraction.
- 10. a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
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- 1. The principal molecule for storing and transferring energy in cells.
- 3. power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to provide light and heat or to work machines.
- 4. an organelle found in large numbers in most cells, in which the biochemical processes of respiration and energy production occur. It has a double membrane, the inner layer being folded inward to form layers (cristae).
- 5. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place, and arranged in stacks or grana.
- 7. the breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid.
- 8. a simple sugar which is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates.