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11 Cards in this Set
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autotrophs
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organisms that are able to make their food (aka producers)
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heretotrophs
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organisms that get food by consuming other organisms (aka consumers)
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thylakoid
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a membrane sac in the chloroplast
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stroma
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the fluid that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast
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granum
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a stack of thylakoids
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thylakoid space
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the space inside a thylakoid
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chlorophyll
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the main pigment in chloroplasts - it can absorb light energy by exciting electrons
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carbon fixation
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the incorporation of carbon from carbon dioxide into organic compounds
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photosystem
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a complex of protein and chlorophyll that absorbs light energy, excites electrons, and then transfers the high energy electrons to an electron acceptor
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RuBP
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the starting material for the Calvin cycle, which is regenerated at the end of the cycle
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G3P
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the 3 carbon sugar that is the product of photosynthesis
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