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Photosynthesis
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The process plants use to make carbohydrates (glucose).
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Formula
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6H20 + 6CO2 ----> C6H1206 + 6O2
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Organisms
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Plants, algae, protozoan
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Organelle
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Chloroplast
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Light Dependent Reaction
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Depends on light to convert light energy into chemical energy or glucose
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Chlorophyll
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Absorbs most wavelengths of light except for green
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Electron Transport Chain
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A series of proteins embedded in the thylakoid membrane
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ATP
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energy storing molecule
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NADP
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Electron carrier molecule
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Stroma
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Place where the glucose is made
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Photolysis
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Where two molecules of water are split to form oxygen, hydrogen ions, and electrons
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Light independent Reaction
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Part of photosynthesis that does not require sunlight and takes place in the stroma
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Calvin Cycle
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series of reactions during the light-independent phase of photosynthesis in which simple sugars are formed from CO2 using ATP
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