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Photoautotroph |
Use light as an energy source and have adapted to take advantage of sunlight.
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Photoautotrophs use light to make food. (Sugars)
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Photosynthesis
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Performed by plants, bacteria, and other small organisms such as algae
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Photosynthesis is the synthesizing of carbon based compounds with the use of sunlight.
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Thylakoids
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Light absorbing pigments that are embedded in membranes within cells.
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Thylakoids form closed sacs called grana.
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Grana
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Granum is part of an organized structure called chloroplast.
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Granum is grana plural, and they are stacked in the membrane.
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Stroma
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Stroma is found in chloroplast.
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The stroma is a supportive function.
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Chloroplast
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A organized structure.
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Chloroplast is full of chlorophyll which is a green pigment.
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Chlorophyll
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A green pigment found in chloroplast.
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Chlorophyll and other pigments in photosystems absorbing energy and transfer it from one molecule to the next.
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Light reactions
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A reaction of light while chlorophyll and other pigments in the thylakoids absorb light energy.
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During a light reaction water is split into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Calvin cycle
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Completes the process of photosynthesis.
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The Calvin cycle occurs in the stroma of chloroplast.
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NADPH
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Provides the protons and electrons needed to reduce carbon dioxide in the Calvin cycle.
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Photosynthesis doesn't stop with the synthesis of ATP and NADPH.
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