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19 Cards in this Set
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process by which organisms use light energy to produce organic compounds
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photosynthesis
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organism that obtains energy from sunlight or inorganic substances
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autotroph
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organism that must get energy from food sources
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heterotroph
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process by which living organisms harvest the energy in food molecules
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cellular respiration
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molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of light
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pigment
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pigment responsible for trapping light energy in photosynthesis
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chlorophyll
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yellow and orange plant pigments that aid in photosynthesis
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carotenoid
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internal membrane bound sac of a chloroplast
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thylakoid
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series of molecules through which electrons are passed to make ATP
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electron transport chain
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electron carrier that provides high-energy electrons for photosynthesis
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NADPH
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process by which carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic compounds
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carbon dioxide fixation
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common method of carbon dioxide fixation in photosynthesis
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calvin cycle
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term for processes that require oxygen
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aerobic
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term for processes that do not require oxygen
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anaerobic
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biochemical pathway that breaks down glucose to pyruvate
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glycolysis
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electron carrier that stores energy used to make ATP
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NADH
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cyclic biochemical pathway of cellular respiration that uses carbon dioxide and produces ATP, NADH, and FADH2
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krebs cycle
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electron carrier produced during the Krebs cycle
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FADH2
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anaerobic process of cellular respiration that recycles NAD¬¬+ needed to continue glycolysis
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fermentation
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