Chapter 8

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Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)

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Compound used by cells to store and release energy

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Heterotroph

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Organism that obtain food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer

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Autotroph

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Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals ans use it to produce its own food from organic compounds; also called a producer.

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Photosynthesis

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Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.

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Pigment

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Light-absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun's energy

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Thylakoid

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Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts

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Chlorophyll

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Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms

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Thylakoid

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Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts

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Stroma

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Fluid portion of the chloroplasts; outside of the thylakoids.

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NADP+

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(nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules

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Light-Dependent reactions

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Set of reactions in photosynthesis that uses energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

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Light-Independent Reaction

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Set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin Cycle

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Photosystem

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Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoid

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Electron transport chain

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Series of electrons carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP- generating reactions

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ATP Synthase

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Cluster of proteins that spin the thylakoid membrane and allow hydrogen ions (H+) to pass through it.

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Calvin Cycle

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The light-independent reaction of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugars