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Photosynthesis/ L.Rs

Photosynthesis and light reactions vocabulary

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Chloroplast organelle in plant cells; Where photosynthesis occurs
Granum the stacks of thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts
Energy the ability to do work
Thermodynamics study of flow and transformation of energy
1st law of thermodynamics energy cannot be created or destroyed only convert from one form to another
2nd law of thermodynamics energy cannot be converted without losing some
Autotroph Self feeding
Heterotroph consumer/consumes food
Metabolism all the chemical reactions in a cell
Catabolic breaking things down-releasing energy
Anabolic building things up- using energy
stroma fluid filled space surrounding the grana
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
Glucose the products of photosynthesis. Food and large energy storage for plants
NADPH energy carrier molecule (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate)
Calvin Cycle the process of carbon dioxide entering then leaving as glucose
Thylakoid membranes location of light dependent reactions
Chemiosmosis production of ATP in cellular respiration
chlorophyll the green pigment in plants
chemoautotroph organisms that obtain their energy from a chemical reaction
C6H12O6 equation for glucose
carbon fixation conversion of inorganic carbon (carbon dioxide) to organic compounds by living organisms
electron transport system A sequence of biochemical reduction-oxidation reactions that effects the transfer of electrons
RuBP (Ribulose biphosphate) the 5-carbon chemical that combines with carbon dioxide at the beginning of the Calvin Cycle.
Pigment light-absorbing molecules
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