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Photosynthesis
Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Photosynthesis | When plants use energy to convert water and CO2 into sugars. |
| Chlorophyll | Pigment that gives the plants their greenish color. |
| Chloroplast | The cellular organelle where photosynthesis takes place. |
| Stroma | A thick fluid that contains thylakoids in the inner membrane. |
| Thylakoid | Disk shaped sacs suspended freely in the stroma. |
| Light Reactions | They convert the energy in sunlight to chemical energy. |
| Calvin Cycle | Makes sugar from the atoms in CO2 plus hydrogen ions and high energy electrons carried by NADPH. |
| Stomata | Tiny pores found on the surface of the leaf. |
| NADPH | An electron carrier similar to NADH. |
| Wavelength | The distance between two adjacent waves. |
| Electromagnetic Spectrum | The range of types of electron magnetic energy. |
| Pigments | A substances color due to chemical compounds. |
| Paper Chromatography | A laboratory technique used to observe the different pigments in a green leaf. |
| Photosystems | Within the Thylakoid membrane, chlorophyll and other molecules are arranged in these clusters. |