Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer.

Organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called consumers.

Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.

Light-independent reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar.

Light dependent reactions

Set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH.

Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that capture the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy.

Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts.

Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids.

Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms.

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Chapter 9 Vocab

Term	Definition
Autotroph	Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer.
Heterotroph	Organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called consumers.
Photosynthesis	Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.
Calvin cycle	Light-independent reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar.
Light dependent reactions	Set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH.
Chloroplast	Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that capture the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy.
Thylakoid	Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts.
Stroma	Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids.
Chlorophyll	Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms.

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