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What is the process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
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photosynthesis
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light energy
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Organisms that use energy from sunlight or inorganic substances to make organic compounds.
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Autotrophs
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organism/sunlight/inorganic compounds
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organisms that must get their energy from food instead of directly from sunlight
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heterotrophs
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a metablic process simular to burning fuel
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cellular respiration
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structures that contain light-absorbing substances
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pigments
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the primary pigment involved in photosynthesis
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chlorophyll
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pigments that produce the colors of orange and yellow are
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carotenoids
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disk-shaped structures, where pigments are embedded
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thylakoids
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a series of molecules through which excited electrons are passed alond a thylakoid membrane
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electron transport chains
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an electron carrier that provides the high energy electrons needed to make carbon-hydrogen bonds in the third stage of photosynthesis
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NADPH
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the transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds
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carbon dioxide fixation
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metabolic processes that require oxygen
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aerobic
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metabolic processes that do not require oxygen
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anaerobic
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an enzyme-assisted anaerobic process that breaks down one 6 carbon molecule of glucose to two three-carbon pyruvates
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glycolysis
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NAD+ forms an electron carrier called
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NADH
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a series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions that produces a three-carbon suger
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Calvin Cycle
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a series of enzyme assisted reactions called the
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Krebs cycle
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another type of electron carrier
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FADH2
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the recycling of NAD2 using an organic hydrogen acceptor
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fermentation
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