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18 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis |
The process by witch light energy is converted to chemical energy |
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Autotroph |
Organism that use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds inorganic substances to make organic compounds |
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Heteroyroph |
Organisms that must get energy from food instead of directly from sunlight or inorganic substances |
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Cellular respiration |
A metabolic process similar to burning fuel |
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Pigments |
These structures contain light absorbing substances |
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Chlorophyll |
The primary pigment involved in photosynthesis absorbs most blue and red light and reflect green and yellow light |
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Cartenoids |
The pigments that produce yellow and orange fall leafs colors as well as the colors of many fruits vegetables and flowers |
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Thylakoids |
Clusters of pigments are embedded in the membranes of disk shaped structure |
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NADPH |
Is a electron carrier that provides the high energy electron needed to make carbon hydrogen bonds in the 3rd stage of photosyntesis |
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Carbon dioxide fixation |
Transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds |
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Calvin cycle |
A series of enzyme assisted chemical reactions that produce a 3 carbon sugar |
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Aerobic |
Metabolic process that requires oxygen |
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Anaerobic |
Metabolic process that dose not require oxygen |
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Glycolysis |
First stage of cellular respirtation Broken down in the cytoplasm |
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NADH |
Forms a electron carrier |
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Krebs cycle |
Acetyl-CoA enters a series of enzyme assisted reactions |
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FADH2 |
Electron carrier |
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Fermentation |
The recycling of NAD+ using an organic hydrogen acceptor |
