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chlorophyll
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green pigment required for photosynthesis
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catabolism
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energy releasing reactions in an organism that result in the breakdown of complex molecules to more simple ones
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anabolism
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energy requiring reactions that result in the production of complex substances from more simple ones
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chitin
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carbohydrate material present in the exoskeletons of arthropods and also in the cell walls of some fungi
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glycerol
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molecule to which three fatty acids are linked to form a lipid (triglyceride)
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enzymes
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typically, specific proteins that act as catalysts to increase the rate of a particular chemical reaction in living organisms
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accessory pigments
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pigments, other than chlorophyll, that trap light energy and convert it to chlorophyll
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active site
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the part of an enzyme molecule the binds with a substrate
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adenine
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one of the bases (A) found in the nucleotides that are the building blocks of DNA (and RNA)
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aerobic cellular respiration
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the breakdown of glucose to simple inorganic compounds in the presents of oxygen and with the release of energy that is transfered into ATP (adenosine tri phosphate)
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amino acids
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nitrogen-containing compounds that are building blocks for proteins
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anaerobic respiration
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respiraration that occurs without the involvement of oxygen; the end products of anaerobic respiration in human muscle are lactic and carbon dioxide
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autotrophic
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describes an organism that, given a course of energy, can produce it's own food from simple inorganic substances; also known as a producer
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bonds
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in biology, forces of attraction between atoms that bring them together to form molcules
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glycogen
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polysaccharide that is the storage carbohydrate in liver and muscle tissue
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