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13 Cards in this Set
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Autotroph
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An organism that produces its own food
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Heterotroph
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An organisms that obtains energy from the food it consumes
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Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
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One of the principal chemical compounds living things use to store and release energy
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Photosynthesis
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Process in which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
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Pigment
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Light-absorbing molecule
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Chlorophyll
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Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy
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Thylakoid
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Saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplast
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Photosystem
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Light-collecting units of chloroplast
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Stroma
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Region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplast
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NADP+ (nicotinamine adenine dinucleotide phosphate)
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One of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
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Light-dependent reactions
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Reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
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ATP synthase
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Large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP
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Calvin Cycle
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Reaction of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars
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