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What is chloroplasts? |
A membrane-bound organelle in green plant and algal cells that carries out photosynthesis |
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What is the stroma? |
The protein rich semiliquid material in the interior of a chloroplast (like cytoplasm) |
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What is a grana? |
(Singular granum) stacks of thylakoids |
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Lamellae definition |
(Singular- lamella) groups of unstated thylakoid between grana |
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Thylakoid membrane |
The photosynthetic membrane within a chloroplast that contains light gathering pigment molecules and electron transport chains. Only place where chlorophyll a exists. |
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Thylakoid lumen |
The fluid filled space inside a thylakoid |
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Photolysis |
When a compound is broken down by light |
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What is the only pigment that can transfer the energy from the sunlight to the reactions of photosynthesis? |
Chlorophyll A |
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Why do plants leaves turn red/orange/yellow in the fall? |
In the fall plants stop producing the chlorophyll A pigment. |
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What does oxidation mean? |
Loses an electron |
