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Photosyntheses
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process by which organisms use light energy to prduce organic compunds
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autotropgh
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organisms that obtains energy from food sources
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heterotrpoph
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organisms that must get energy from food sources
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cellular respirtation
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process by which living organisms harvest the energy in good molecules
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pigment
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molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of light
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clorophyll
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pigment responsible for trapping light energy in photosynthesis
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carotenoid
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yellow and orange plant pigments that aid in phtotsythesis
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thylakoid
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internal membrane bound sac of chloroplast
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electron transport chain
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series of molecules through which electrons are passed to make ATP
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NADPH
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electron carrier that provides high energy electrons for photosynthesis
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carbon dioxide fixation
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process by whcih carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic compunds
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calvin cycle
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common method of carbon dioxide fixation in photosynthesis
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aerobic
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term for prcess that require oxygen
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anaerobic
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term for processes that do not require oxygen
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glycolysis
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biochemical pathway that breaks down glucose to pyruvate
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NADH
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electron carrier that stores energy used to make ATP
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Krebs Cycle
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cyclic biochemical pathway of cellular respiration that uses carbon dioxide and produces ATP, NADH, and FADH2
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FADH2
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electron carrier prudced during the Krebs Cycle
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fermentation
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anaerobic process of cellular respiration that recycles NAD+ needed to continue Glycolysis
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