Questions and CORRECT Answers
cellular respiration - CORRECT ANSWER - Process that releases energy by breaking
down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen
Mitochondria - CORRECT ANSWER - Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of
ATP (energy) production
ATP - CORRECT ANSWER - (adenosine triphosphate) main energy source that cells use
for most of their work
Aerobic - CORRECT ANSWER - Process that requires oxygen
Anaerobic - CORRECT ANSWER - Process that does not require oxygen
Chromosome - CORRECT ANSWER - a threadlike structure of nucleic acids and protein
found in the nucleus of most living cells, carrying genetic information in the form of genes.
Chromatin - CORRECT ANSWER - Clusters of DNA, RNA, and proteins in the nucleus
of a cell
daughter cell - CORRECT ANSWER - the two new cells that result from mitosis and
cytokinesis
Mitosis - CORRECT ANSWER - part of eukaryotic cell division during which the cell
nucleus divides
homologous chromosomes/homologous pair - CORRECT ANSWER - term used to define
a pair of chromosomes that contains the same genetic information, gene for gene