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19 Cards in this Set
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the process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
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photosynthesis
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organisms that use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substances to make organic compounds
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autotroph
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organisms that must get energy directly from food rather than through sunlight or inorganic substances
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heterotroph
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a process that releases much of the energy in food to make ATP
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cellular respiration
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light-absorbing substances
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pigment
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the primary pigment involved in photosythesis, absorbs blue and red light, and reflects green and yellow
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chlorophyll
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pigments that produce yellow and orange
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carotenoid
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clusters of pigments that are embedded in the membranes of disk shaped structures
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thylakoid
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the series of molecules through which excited electrons that are passed along a thylakoid membrane
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electron transport chain
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an electron carrier that provides the hight-energy electrons needed to make carbon-hydrogen bonds in the third stage of photosythesis
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NADPH
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the transfer of carbon dioxide to organinc compounds
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carbon dioxide fixation
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a series of enzyme assisted chemical reactions that produces a three-carbon sugar
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Calvin Cycle
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metabolic processes that require oxygen
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aerobic
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metabolic processes that do not require oxygen
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anaerobic
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the first stage of cellular respiration where glucose is broken down in the cytoplasm
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glycolysis
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an electron carrier in glycolysis
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NADH
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a system of enzyme assited reactions
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Krebs Cycle
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a type of electron carrier in the Krebs Cycle
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FADH2
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the recycling of NAD+ using an organic hydrogen acceptor.
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fermentation
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