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Photosynthesis
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Energy | The ability to do work |
| Thermodynamics | the study of the flow and transformation of energy |
| First law of Thermodynamics | energy cant be created or destroyed |
| 2nd law of Thermodynamics | Energy can not be converted without losing some |
| Autotroph | organisms whose cells use sunlight to make glucose |
| Metabolism | All chemical reactions in a cell |
| Anabolic | type of chemical reaction that uses energy to build larger molecules; photosynthesis for example |
| Catabolic | breaks things down;releases energy |
| Chemiosmosis | The movement of ions across the permeable membrane |
| Calvin Cycle | makes glucose |
| Light reactant | the form of light that is absorbed and converted to chemical energy in the form of ATP |
| Chlorophyll | green pigment |
| H2o | water |
| O2 | oxygen |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| ATP | rechargeable battery of the cell |
| Photosynthesis | a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy |
| Chemotroph | organisms that obtain energy |
| Stroma | a connective tissue cell of any organ |
| Thylakiod membrane | the site of the light-dependent reactions |
| Chloroplast | specialized organelle in the cells of autotrophs that contain chlorophyll |
| Chemical equation | H20+CO2------->O2+C6H1206 sunlight |
| Thermodynamics | deals with the relations between heat and other forms of energy |
| Heterotroph | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. |
| Gluclose | simple sugar |
| Granum | a stack of thylakoids embedded in the stroma of a chloroplast. |
| C6H12O6 | Gluclose |