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Photosynthesis for HS Freshman Honors Biology

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autotroph   organism that uses energy from sunlight or from chemical bonds in inorganic substances to make organic compounds  
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photosynthesis   process used by autotrophs to convert light energy from the sun into chemical energy in the form of organic compounds, primarily carbohydrates  
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heterotrophs   animals and other organisms that must get energy from food instead of directly from sunlight or inorganic substances  
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photosynthesis equation   6CO2 + 6H2) --> (light energy) C6H12O6 + 6O2  
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light reactions   require light to happen  
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chloroplasts   organelles found in the cells of plants and algae  
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thylakoids   a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis.  
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grana   connected and layered stacks of thylakoids  
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stroma   solution surrounding the grana  
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pigments   compounds that absorb light and give color to substances or mixtures  
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chlorophylls   most important pigments in the thylakoids  
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carotenoids   yellow, brown, and orange accessory pigments  
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photosystem   in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis  
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primary electron acceptor   in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane  
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electron transport chain   a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane  
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chemiosmosis   process through which ATP is synthesized by relies on a concentration gradient of protons across the thylakoid membrane  
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Calvin cycle   series of enzyme-assisted chemical reactions that produces a 3-carbon sugar; process by which organic compounds are formed using CO2 and the chemical energy stored in ATP and NADPH  
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carbon fixation   the incorporation of CO2 into organic compounds  
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stomata   singular stoma; small pores  
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C4 pathway   pathway enabling certain plants to fix CO2 into 4-carbon compounds  
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C4 plants   plants that use the C4 pathway  
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CAM plants   crassulacean acid metabolism plants open their stomata at night and close during day, taking in CO2 nightly to conserve water and then storing CO2  
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factors that affect photosynthesis   light intensity, CO2 levels, temperature (enzymes denature)  
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