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Vocabulary on photos
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| heterotroph | An organism that is unable to synthesize its own organic carbon-based compounds from inorganic sources, hence, feeds on organic matter produced by, or available in, other organisms. |
| autotroph | an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. |
| calvin cycle | A cyclical series of biochemical reactions that occur in the stroma of chloroplasts during photosynthesis. It includes the light-independent reactions such as carbon fixation, reduction reactions and ribulose 1,5-diphosphate (RuDP) whereby sugars and star |
| pigment | the natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue. |
| light reactions | is the first stage of photosynthesis, is a process by which plants capture and store energy from sunlight |
| chloroplast | (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place. |
| thylakoid | (Science: plant biology) membranous cisternae of the chloroplast, found as part of the grana and also as single cisternae interconnecting the grana. Contains the photosynthetic pigments, reaction centres and [[electron Transport chain]]. Each thylakoid co |
| glucose | a simple sugar that is an important energy source in living organisms and is a component of many carbohydrates. |
| chlorophyll | a green pigment, present in all green plants |
| stroma | (botany) The matrix of the chloroplast which is a thick fluid in between grana where various enzymes, molecules and ions are found, and where the dark reaction (or carbohydrate formation reactions) of photosynthesis occurs. |
| ATP | An organic compound composed of adenosine (an adenine ring and a ribose sugar) and three phosphate groups, hence, the name. |
| NADPH | stands for Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate. NADP+ is a carrier molecule (which is a compound that can accept a pair of high energy electrons and transfer them along with most of their energy to another molecule) When NADP+ picks up 2 high |
| granum | The collective term for the stack of thylakoids within the chloroplast of plant cells. |
| catabolic | breaks things down |
| anabolic | builds things up |
| metabolism | The process involving a set of chemical reactions that modifies a molecule into another for storage, or for immediate use in another reaction or as a by product. |
| H2O | Binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent. |
| CO2 | a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plants in photosynthesis.A heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substan |
| C6H1206 | That is a scientific formula for a glucose, known as sugar. It consists of 6 Carbon atoms, 12 Hydrogen atoms and 6 Oxygen atoms that comprise one molecule of glucose. It is produced namely by plants. |
| O2 | oxygen gas |
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