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Chapter 8 part 2
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Term | Definition |
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GRANUM | one of the stacks of pigment-containing thylakoids in a plant's chloroplasts |
STROMA | fluid-filled space outside the grana in which light-dependent reactions take place |
PIGMENT | light-absorbing colored molecule, such as chlorophyll and carotenoid, in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts |
NADP+ | in photosynthesis, the major election carrier involved in electron transport |
CALVIN CYCLE | light-independent reactions during phase two of photosynthesis in which energy is stored in organic molecules as glucose |
RUBISCO | enzyme that converts inorganic carbon dioxide molecules into organic molecules during the final step of the Calvin cycle |
FERMENTATION | process in which NAD+ is regenerated. allowed to maintain glycolysis in the absence of oxygen |
CYANOBACTERIUM | a type of bacterium that is a photosyntheic autotroph |
ANAEROBIC PROCESS | metabolic process that does not require oxygen |
AEROBIC RESPIRATION | an aerobic process that includes Krebs cycle and electron transport |
AEROBIC PROCESS | metabolic process that requires oxygen |
GLYCOLYSIS | anaerobic process; first stage of cellular respiration in which glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate |
KREBS CYCLE | series of reactions in which pyruvate is broken down into carbon dioxide inside the mitochondria of cells; also called the tricarboxylic acid cycle and the citric acid cycle |