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19 Cards in this Set
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Aerobic
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Process that Requires oxygen
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anarobic
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Process that doesnt require oxygen
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Glycolysis
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Process by which glucose is broken down into pyruvate
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Krebs Cycle
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A series of enzyme assisted chemical reactions following glycolysis that produces carbon dioxide.
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Fermentation
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The recycling of NAD+ under anaerobic conditions
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Thylakoids
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Disk shaped structure inside chloroplasts
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Photosynthesis
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Process of which light energy is converted to chemical energy
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Autotrophs
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Orangisms that use energy from sunlight or in organic substances to make organic compounds
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Heterotrophs
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Orangisms that get energy from consuming food
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Cellular Respiration
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The process by which cells harvest energy from food
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Pigment
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A substance that absorbs light
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Chloropyll
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The primary pigment involved in photosynthesis
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Carotenoids
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Absorbs wave lengths of light different from those absorbed by chlorophyll
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Electron transport chain
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The series of molecules down which excited electrons are passed in a thylakoid membrane
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Carbon Dioxide fixation
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Transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds
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Calvin Cycle
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Series of enzyme assisted chemical reactions that produces a 3 carbon sugar molecule.
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Metabolism
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Building molecules that can be used as an energy source or breaking down molecules in which energy is stored
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ATP
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Energy currency if the cell
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Aerobic respiration
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Produces up to 38 ATP
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