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Photosynthesis
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ATP | Compound used by cells to store and release energy. |
| Photosynthesis | Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon and water into oxygen. |
| Pigment | Light absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun's energy. |
| Chlorophyll | Principle pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms. |
| Thylakoid | Sac-like photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplast. |
| Stroma | Fluid portion of the chloroplast ; outside of the thylakoid |
| NADP+ | Carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll 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. |
| Photosystem | Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids. |
| Electron Transport Chain | Series of electipn carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy elections during ATP- generating reactions. |
| ATP Synthase | Cluster of proteins that span the thylakoid membrane and allow hydrogen ions (H+) to pass through it |
| Calvin Cycle | The light-independant reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar. |