Interactive Science: Chapter 1_Lesson 1

Vocab from interactive science workbook. 

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Active transport
The movement of materials across a cell membrane using cellular energy.
Carbohydrate
A energy-rich organic compound, such as a sugar or a starch, that is made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Cell
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
Cell membrane
A thin, flexible baerrier that surrounds a cell and controls which substances pass into and out of a cell
Cell theory
A widely accepted explination of the relationship between cells and living things
Cell wall
A rigid supporting layer that surrounds the cells of plants and some other organisms.
Chloroplast
A organelle in the cells of plants and some other organisms that captures energy from sunlight abd changes it to an energy form that cells can use in making food.
Compound
A substa