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bio chapter 8
photosynthesis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy | ability to do work |
| autotrophs | organisms, such as plants, that can make their own food |
| heterotrophs | canNOT use the sun's energy directly to make their own food |
| ATP | energy carrying molecule, 3 phosphate groups, 5C-sugars, N-containing compound (adenine) |
| ADP | 2 phosphate groups |
| photosynthesis | process by which green plants use the energy of the sunlight to convert H2O and CO2 into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates |
| visible spectrum | part of light we can see. white light is all visible colors |
| calvin cycle | uses energy to produce high-energy storage molecules- carbohydrates (sugars) |
| chlorophyll a | picks up light in the violet and red regions |
| chlorophyll b | picks up blue and red regions |