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18 Cards in this Set
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Photosynthesis
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process by which organisms use light energy to produce organic compounds
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Autotroph
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organisms that obtain energy from sunlight or inorganic substances
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Heterotroph
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organisms that must get energy from food sources
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Cellular respiration
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process by which living organisms harvest the energy in food molecules
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Pigment
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molecule that absorbs certain wavelengths of light
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Chlorophyll
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responsible for trapping light energy in photosynthesis
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Carotenoid
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yellow and orange plant pigments that aid in photosynthesis
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Thylakoid
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internal membrane bound sac of chloroplast
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Electron transport chain
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series of molecules through which electrons are passed to make ATP
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NADPH
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electron carrier that provides high-energy electrons for photosynthesis
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Carbon dioxide fixation
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process by which carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic compounds
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Calvin cycle
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common method of carbon dioxide fixation in photosynthesis
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Aerobic
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terms for process that require energy
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Anaerobic
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term for processes that do not require oxygen
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NADH
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electron carrier that stores energy used to make ATP
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Krebs cycle
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cyclic biochemical pathway of cellular respiration that uses carbon dioxide and produces ATP, NADH, and FADH2
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FAHD2
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electron carrier produced during the Krebs cycle
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Fermentation
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anaerobic process of cellular respiration that recycles NADH+ needed to continue glycosis
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