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Adenosine Triphosphate |
One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy. |
ATP |
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ATP Synthase |
Large protein that uses energy from Hydrogen ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP |
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Autotroph |
organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds |
Also called a producer |
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Calvin Cycle |
Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugars |
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Chemiosmosis |
The movement of ions across the semipermeable membrane through ATP synthase from high to low concentration to produce ATP |
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Chlorophyll |
Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms |
Captures light energy |
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Electron Transport Chain |
A series of proteins in which the high-energy electrons from the Krebs cycle are used to convert ADP into ATP |
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Heterotroph |
Organism that obtains energy from the food it consumes |
Also called a consumer |
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Light-dependent Reactions |
Reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH |
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NADP+ |
One of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules |
Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phoaphate |
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Oxidation |
The process of giving away 2electrons. |
H2O -> 2H, 2e-, 1/2 O2 |
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Photosynthesis |
Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches |
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Photosystem |
Light-collecting units of the chloroplast |
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Pigment |
Light-absorbing molecule |
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Reduction |
The process of gaining 2 electrons. |
H2O -> 2H, 2e-, 1/2 O2 |
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Stroma |
Region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts |
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Substrate Level Phosphorylation |
The conversion of ADP to ATP by transferring a phosphate from a chemical to ADP in the presence of an enzyme |
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Thylakoid |
Saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts |
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