Photosynthesis And Respiration Vocab

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Photosynthesis

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The complex process by which carbon dioxide ,water, and certain or inorganic salts are

converted into carbohydrates by green plants ,algae, and certain bacteria, using energy

from the sun and chlorophyll

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Cellular respiration

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The oxidation of organic compounds that occurs within cells, producing energy for cellular

process.

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Pigment

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any substance whose presence in the tissues or cells of animals or plants colors them

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chlorophyll

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the green coloring matter of leaves and plants, essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis

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Carotenoid

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Any of a class of yellow to red pigments found especially in plants, algae, and

transfer it to chlorophyll for use In photosynthesis

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carbon dioxide fixation

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The process by which carbon from the atmosphere is converted into carbon compounds ,

such as carbohydrates ,in plants and algae, usually by photosynthesis

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Calvin cycle

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A series of chemical reactions that occur as part of photosynthesis, in which carbon is broken away from gaseous carbon dioxide and fixed as organic carbon in compounds that are ultimately converted into sugars

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aerobic

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living or occurring only in the presence of free oxygen :aerobic bacteria

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Anarobic

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Living or occurring in the absence of free oxygen: anaerobic bacteria

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Glycolysis

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A Metabolic process that occurs in nearly all living cells in which glucose is converted in a

series of steps to pyruvic acid and during which energy is released in the form of ATP

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Fermentation

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Any of a group of chemical reactions iinduced by microorganism or enzymes that split

complex organic compounds into relatively simple subsances, espically the anaerobic conversion of ssugar to arbon dioxide and alcohol by yeast .

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stroma

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the colorless semiliquid material inside a chloroplast in which the thylakoid membranes areembedded and where the dark reactions of photosynthesis occur

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Atp

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adenosine triophate; a nucleotide found in the mitochondria of all p