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Photosynthesis vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ATP | One of the most important compounds is adenosine, triphosphate, abbreviated. |
| Photosynthesis | Process used by plants and other auto to creature light energy and use it to power chemicals reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen |
| Thylakoid | Chloroplasts are surrounded by two envelope membranes and they are filled with sac-like chlorophyll containing membranes |
| Pigment | Light absorbing compound, they are found on a painters brush or in a living cell known as |
| Chlorophyll | The principal pigment of green plants is know as |
| Stroma | The fluid portion of the chloroplast outside of the thylakoids is known as |
| NADP+ | One of these carrier molecules is a compound known as |
| Light-dependent reactions | The first set of reactions is known as |
| Light-Independent reactions | reactions are used to build high energy sugars from carbon dioxide |
| Photosystem | They contain most of the machinery needed to carry out photosynthesis including clusters of chlorophyll and proteins |
| Electron transport chain | Is a series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions |
| ATP synthase | The thylakoids membrane contains a protein complex called |
| Calvin Cycle | The light-indepedent reactions are commonly referred to as the |