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Adenosine triphosphate |
One of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy |
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Hetertroph |
Organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things |
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Autotroph |
Organisms that make their own food |
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Photosynthesis |
The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high energy carbohydrates that can be used for food |
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Chlorophyll |
The plant pigment |
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Thylakoid |
The sac like photosynthesis membranes in choroplast |
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NADP+ |
A carrier molecule |
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Light dependant factor |
The first step in photosynthesis that require the direct involvement of light and light absorbing pigments |
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Light independant factor |
Plants absorbe carbon dioxcide from the atmosphere and completes the process of photosynthesis by producing sugars and other carbohydrates |
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Calvin cycle |
Set of reactions i photosynthesis that do not require light, energy energy from atp and ndap is used |
