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Photoautotroph |
An organism that gets its energy to synthesis food from light and carbon dioxide
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It needs light to eat |
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Photosynthesis
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The process where an organism uses light to make food from carbon dioxide and water |
We have light and carbon dioxide, lets make some food |
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Pigments |
The compound in an organism that gives it its color |
Chlorophyll______ make a plant green |
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Thylakoids |
The membrane sacks that contain the chlorophyll
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Bags of chlorophyll |
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Grana |
A stack of membranes in the chloroplast |
stack of chlorophyll bags |
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Stroma |
The liquid parts of the chloroplast |
clear liquid stuff |
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Chloroplast |
the green areas in the cells of plants where photosynthesis |
green place in the plant where food is made |
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Chlorophyll |
a term for green pigments |
found in algae and plants |
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Light reaction |
series of chemical reactions in photosynthesis
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how food is made in a plant
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PSI |
protein structure initiative
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protein lab
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PSII |
absorbs light to drive the oxidation of water |
removes oxygen from water |
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Calvin Cycle |
a chemical reaction in chloroplast in photosynthesis |
uses carbon dioxide and chemical energy |
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RuBP |
a organic substance thats involved in photosynthesis |
independent reactions of photosynthesis
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NADP+/NADPH |
when electrons are carried to the cytochrome to make NAdph molecules |
electrons that make make nadph |
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ATP synthetase |
a enzym that provides energy for the cells |
____is the most commonly used organisms |
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PGA/PGAL |
used in the calvin cycle
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uses photosynthesis |
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Rate |
the things that effect how fast photosynthesis occurs |
makes photosynthesis faster or slower |
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Photoinhibition |
reduction in photosynthesis inside a plant |
slow down the photosynthesis |
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Saturation point |
where no more substance can be absorbed |
i can't take in any more! |
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Limiting factors |
the amount of light,carbon dioxide and temperature that effect the speed of photosynthesis |
stops things from growing any larger |
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Rubisco |
an enzym in the chloroplast |
chloroplast enzyme |
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Photorespiration |
when carbon dioxide levels in a plant gets to low |
starving for carbon dioxide |
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Bundle sheath cells |
layer of cells that surround the vascular bundles |
wrap up the bundles |
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c3 plants |
plants that go through the calvin cycle by taking c2 through the leaves |
suck in the carbon dioxide |
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C4 plants |
plants molecule do not react with oxygen |
i can hold onto carbon dioxide |
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CAM |
a plants ability to thrive |
adapting to dessert conditions |
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stomates |
small opening on a surface of a plant that allows exchanging of gasses |
holes in a leaf |
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chemoautotrophs |
organisms that obtain energy |
energy from inorganic compounds |
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chemosynthesis
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uses energy from energy reactions |
opposite of photosynthesis |
