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| Autotroph |
Organisms that use sunlight or chemical energy to make their own food. |
| photosynthesis |
The process of using light energy to make chemical energy in the formm of organic compounds, primarily carbohydrates. |
| heterotroph |
An organism that must get its energy from food made by autotrophs |
| chloroplast |
The organelle that contains thylakoids and is responsible for photosynthesis. |
| thylakoid |
A membranous sac where photosynthetic reactions take place. |
| granum |
A stack of thylakoids |
| stroma |
The jelly-like fluid within a chloroplast where the Calvin cycle takes place. |
| pigment |
A protein capable of absorbing light to produce energy. |
| chlorophyll |
A green pigment that absorbs red, blue, violet, and red light, but reflects green and some yellow. |
| carotenoid |
An accessory pigment that absorbs greens and reflects reds or oranges. |
| photosystem |
A cluster of pigment molecules that absorbs various wavelengths of ligh |
| primary electron acceptor- |
A molecule in the electron transport chain that accepts the electrons from the chlorophyll molecules of the photosystem. |
| electron transport chain |
A series of molecules that perform oxidation-reduction reactions as they pass electrons from one to the other. |
| chemiosmosis |
The pumping of hydrogen ions across a membrane through an ATP synthase protein pump. |
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