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30 Cards in this Set
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Yellow, orange, and red pigments in a chloroplast
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Carotenoid
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Process of synthesizing sugars in photosynthesis
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Calvin Cycle
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Breakdown of a glucose molecule into two lactic acid molecules
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lactic acid fermentation
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fluid part of a chloroplast
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Stroma
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Describes a chemical reaction that requires energy
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Endergonic
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Range of colors making up white light
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Visible spectrum
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Change of light energy into chemical energy
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light reactions
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Distance between two successive wave crests
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Wavelength
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Processes taking place in the absence of oxygen
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Anaerobic
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Describes a chemical reaction that releases energy
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Exergonic
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breakdown of glucose into ethanol and carbon dioxide
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Alcoholic fermentation
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Stacks of thylakoid membranes in a chloroplast
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Grana
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Describes respiration requiring oxygen
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Aerobic
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Breaks down to release free enerrgy for cell activities
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ATP
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Produced when some wavelengths are absorbed by chlorophyll
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Absorption spectrum
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Organisms that use energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to make organic compounds
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Autotrophs
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organisms that get energy by consuming food
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Heterotrophs
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The process by which cells harvest energy from food
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Cell respiration
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A substance that absorbs light
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Pigment
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the primary pigment invoved in photosynthesis
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Chlorophyl
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Absorb wavelengths of light different from those absorbed by chlorophyll
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carotenoids
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the series of molecules down which excited electrons are passed in a thylakoid membrane
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Electron transport chain
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The transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds
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Carbon dioxide fixation
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a series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions that produces a three-carbon sugar molecule
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Calvin-Cycle
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A process that requires oxygen
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Aerobic
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The process by which glucose is broken down to pyruvate
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Glycolosis
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A series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions following glycolysis that produces carbon dioxide
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Krebs Cycle
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the recycling of NAD+ under anaerobic conditions
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Fermentation
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Disk-shaped structures inside chloroplast
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Thylakoids
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a process that does not require oxygen
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Anarobic
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