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An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy
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autotroph
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An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and is dependent on complex organic substances for nutrition
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heterotroph
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A saclike membrane that is the structural unit of the grana in the chloroplasts of plant cells
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thylakoid
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light-absorbing molecule
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pigment
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Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria
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chlorophyll
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