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Photosythesis
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Converting sunlight energy into chemical energy
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Chlorophyll
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Pigment that releases electrons when hit by light
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Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
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Small energy packets used by cells
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Electron Transport
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Part of photosythesis where electrons are passed from one carrier to another
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C6H12O6
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Formula for glucose
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Respiration
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Process involving oxygen that breaks down food molecules
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Aerobic
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Of or realating to oxygen
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Krebs' Cycle
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Process through which plants use pyruvic acid to make ATP, NADH, and FADH2
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Light reactions
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Energy of sunlight is captured and used to make usable energy compounds
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Dark reactions
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Process that uses ATP, NADH, and CO2 to make PGAL
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Autotroph
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Make their own energy
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Heterotroph
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Must consume energy
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Anaerobic
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Not using oxygen
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Calorie
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The amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius
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Glycolysis
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Series of chemical reactions that produces 2 ATP and 2 Pyruvic Acid
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Fermentation
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Process that regenerates NAD+
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Lactic Acid
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Produced from pyruvic acid during fermentation when there is no oxygen available
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PGAL
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Building blocks of glucose
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Photosystem
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Clusters of pigment molecules
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NADH
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Used for storing energy; "electron basket"
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Metabolism
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The total sum of all chemical reactions in the body
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Catabolism
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The break-down of substances
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Annabolism
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The build-up from chemical reactions
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Osmolarity
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The measure of concentration
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Enzyme
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Proteins that speed-up chemical reactions
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Chromosone
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Length of DNA in eukaryotic cells
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Cyclins
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Proteins that regulate the cell cycle (brake or accelerate)
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Centromere
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Protein that holds two chromatids together
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Chromatid
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One of two strands of DNA that make-up a chromosone
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Chromatin
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Used to describe all the DNA in the nucleus
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