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Autotroph |
Organism that makes it's own food |
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Heterotroph |
Obtain energy from the foods they consume |
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Adenosine triphosphate |
(ATP) One of the principal chemical compounds that cells use to store and release energy |
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Photosynthesis |
Plants use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates |
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Pigment |
Plants gather the suns energy with light absorbing molecules |
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Chlorophyll |
The plants principal pigment |
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Thylakoid |
Contain saclike photosynthetic membranes |
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Stroma |
The region outside the thylakoid membranes |
