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23 Cards in this Set
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photosynthesis
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the process that coverts solar energy to chemical energy
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autotrophs
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sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms
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autotrophs are
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producers
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almost all plants are
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photoautotrophs
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photosynthesis ocurrs
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in plants, algae, certain other protists, and some prokaryotes
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heterotrophs
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obtain their organic material from other organisms
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heterotrophs are
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consumers
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Almost all heterotrophs, including humans, depend on photoautotrophs for
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food and O2
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photoautotrophs use the energy of sunlight to make organic molecules from
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H2O and CO2
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autotrophs produce
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organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic molecules
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Chloroplasts are structurally similar to and likely evolved from
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photosynthetic bacteria
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leaves are the major
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locations of photosynthesis
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leaves green color are from
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chlorophyll
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chlorophyll
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the green pigment within chloroplast
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stomata
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microscopic pores that co2 enters and o2 exits of a leaf
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Chloroplasts are found mainly in cells of the
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mesophyll
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mesophyll
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the interior tissue of the leaf
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A typical mesophyll cell has______ chloroplasts
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30–40
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The chlorophyll is in the membranes of
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thylakoids
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thylakoids
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connected sacs in the chloroplast
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Chloroplasts also contain _____, ______
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stroma, a dense fluid
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photosynthesis equation
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6 CO2 + 12 H2O + Light energy ------> C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O
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Photosynthesis consists of the_____ and ____
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light reactions, Calvin cycle
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