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Photosynthesis

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Photosynthesis The process of using light energy to produce chemical energy (Glucose) from water and carbon dioxide gas. This can then be used in respiration.
Chlorophyll The green pigment that traps the suns energy
Chloroplast Structure found in plant cells where photosynthesis occurs
Grana Stacks of thylakoid discs where light is trapped and used to split Carbon dioxide into water and oxygen
Thylakoids Flattened discs in chloroplasts that have chlorophyll and other essential proteins embedded in its membranes. Increase the surface area available for the light phase to occur on.
Stroma Transparent -dense liquid part of the chloroplast that contains enzymes and starch granules
Photolysis The splitting of water using light energy to produce oxygen and ATP
Plastid The general name for a chloroplast, chromoplast or amyloplasts
The Calvin Cycle The reaction phase that occurs in the stroma and does not require light- Glucose is produced.
ATP The immediate source of energy for cells
Palisade Mesophyll layer The layer of cells near the upper layer of the leaf- packed fill of chloroplasts.
Created by: Jo.Beggs
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