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9.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pigment | light absorbing molecule used by plants to gather the sun energy |
| chlorophy | principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms |
| thylakoid | saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts |
| stroms | fluid portion of the chloroplasts; outside of the thylakoids |
| NADP+ | { nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) carrier molecule that transfers high energy electrons from cholorphyll to other molecules |
| light dependent reactions | set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH |
| light independent reactions | set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light ;energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugar; also called the calvin cycle |