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Ch. 8 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | Make their own food |
| Heterotroph | Obtain energy from the foods they consume. |
| Adenosine Triphosphate | One of the principal chemical compounds that cells use to store and release energy. |
| Photosynthesis | Use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high energy carbohydrates sugars and starches and oxygen a waste product. |
| Pigment | Plants gather the sun's energy with light absorbing molecules. |
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. Its molecule contains a magnesium atom held in a porphyrin ring. |
| Thylakoid | Chloroplasts contain saclike photosynthetic membranes. |
| Photosystem | Proteins in the thylakoid membrane organize chlorophyll and other pigments into clusters. |
| Stroma | Region outside the thylakoid membranes. |
| NADP+ | Carrier molecules is a compound. |
| Light Dependent Reactions | Why plants need light to grow. Uses energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH. |
| ATP Synthease | Membrane contains a protein that spans the membrane and allows H+ ions to pass through it. |
| Calvin Cycle | Uses ATP and NADPH from the light dependent reactions to produce high energy sugars. |