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Ch 4.1-4.2 G.H. Bio
Guest Hollow Biology Chapter 4.1 and 4.2 vocab
Term | Definition |
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autotroph | organism that makes its own food |
cellular respiration | process in which cells break down glucose and make ATP for energy |
consumer | organism that consumes other organisms for food |
energy | ability to do work |
food | organic molecules such as glucose that organisms use for chemical energy |
glucose | simple carbohydrate with the chemical formula C6H12O6 that is the nearly universal food for life |
heterotroph | organism that gets food by consuming other organisms |
photosynthesis | process of using the energy in sunlight to make food (glucose) |
producer | organism that produces food for itself and other organisms |
Calvin cycle | second stage of photosynthesis in which carbon atoms from carbon dioxide are combined, using the energy in ATP and NADPH, to make glucose |
chemosynthesis | process of using the energy in chemical compounds to make food |
chlorophyll | green pigment in a chloroplast that absorbs sunlight in the light reactions of photosynthesis |
electron transport chain | series of electron-transport molecules that pass high-energy electrons from molecule to molecule and capture their energy |
grana | within the chloroplast, consists of sac-like membranes, known as thylakoid membranes |
light reactions | first stage of photosynthesis in which light energy from the sun is captured and changed into chemical energy that is stored in ATP and NADPH |
photosystem | group of molecules, including chlorophyll, in the thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast that captures light energy |
stroma | space outside the thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast where the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis takes place |
thylakoid membrane | membrane in a chloroplast where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur |