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DJ vocab words
Vocabulary chapter 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | Organisms that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals. |
| Heterotroph | Organisms that obtains energy from the foods it consumes. |
| ATP | Large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP. |
| Photosynthesis | Process by which plants and some other organisms use light to convert energy. |
| Pigment | Light obsorbing molecules. |
| Chlorophill | Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy. |
| Thylakoid | Sac like photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplast. |
| Stroma | Region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplast. |
| Calvin Cycle | Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugar. |