Photosynthesis And Cell Respiration (Chapter 6&7)

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Autotroph

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Organisms that use energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substances to make organic compounds.

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Photosynthisis

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Autorophs use this process to convert light energy from the sin into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds, primarily carbohydrates.

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Heterotrophs

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Animals and other organisms that must get energy from food instead of directly form sunlight or inorganic substances .

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Light Reactions

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Light energy (absorbed by the sun)( is converted to chemical energy, which is temporarialy stored in ATP and the energy carrier molecole NADPH

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Chlorolplast

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Organelles found in the plants and algae. Most of these are similar in structure.

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Thylakoid

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Inside the inner membrane is another system of membranes. These are arranged in as flattened sacs.

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Granum

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The thylakoids are connected and layered to form stacks of this.

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Stroma

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a solution surrounding the grana, or granum.

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Pigment

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Compounds that absorb light.

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Chlorophyll

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The most important thylakoid which has many pigments.

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Cartenoid

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Another compound found in the thylakoid membrane including the yellow, orange, and brown, and is also a function as accessory pigments.

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Photosystem

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Each cluster of pigment molecules and the proteins that the pigment molecules are embedded in are referred to collectively.

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Primary Electron Acceptor

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When the accepter of the electrons lost from cholophyll a is a molecule in the thylakoid membrane

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Electron Transport Chain

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.The primary electron acceptor donates the electrons to the first of a series of molecules located in the thylakoid membrane.

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Chemiosmosis

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An important part of the light reactions is the synthisis of ATP through a process.

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Calvin Cycle

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us a series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions that produces a three-carbon sugar. Carbon atoms CO2 in the atmosphere are bonded, or "fixed" into organic compounds.

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Carbon Fixtion

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The incorporation of CO2 into organic compounds.

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Stomata

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When plants under hot and dry conditions, plants can rapidly lose water to the air through small pores.