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18 Cards in this Set
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AUTOTROPH |
Organisms that use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substances |
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PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
The process of converting light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds. |
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HETEROTROPH |
Organisms that get energy from food. |
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LIGHT REACTIONS |
Light energy is converted into chemical energy, which is temporarily stored in ATP and the energy carrying molecule NADPH. |
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CHLOROPLAST |
Organelles found in the cells of plants and algae that absorb light |
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THYLAKOIDS |
A system of membranes inside of the chloroplast |
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GRANA |
Connected and layered stacks of thylakoids. |
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STROMA |
The solution surrounding the grana. |
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PIGMENTS |
compounds that absorb light |
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CHLOROPHYLLS |
an important type of pigment that gives plants their green pigment |
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CAROTENOID |
A class of pigments present in the thylakoid membranes of plants and that aid in photosynthesis |
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PHOTOSYSTEM |
A cluster of pigment molecules and the proteins that the pigment molecules are embedded in |
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PRIMARY ELECTRON ACCEPTOR |
The acceptor of the electrons lost from chlorophyll |
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ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN |
a series of of molecules located in the thylakoid membrane that transfers electrons |
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CHEMIOSMOSIS |
a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP |
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CALVIN CYCLE |
a series of enzyme assisted chemical reactions that produces a three-carbon sugar. |
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CARBON FIXATION |
the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds |
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STOMATA |
Small pores in plants that rapidly lose water. |
