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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | Organisms that use sunlight or chemical energy to make their own food. |
| photosynthesis | The process of using light energy to make chemical energy in the formm of organic compounds, primarily carbohydrates. |
| heterotroph | An organism that must get its energy from food made by autotrophs |
| chloroplast | The organelle that contains thylakoids and is responsible for photosynthesis. |
| thylakoid | A membranous sac where photosynthetic reactions take place. |
| granum | A stack of thylakoids |
| stroma | The jelly-like fluid within a chloroplast where the Calvin cycle takes place. |
| pigment | A protein capable of absorbing light to produce energy. |
| chlorophyll | A green pigment that absorbs red, blue, violet, and red light, but reflects green and some yellow. |
| carotenoid | An accessory pigment that absorbs greens and reflects reds or oranges. |
| photosystem | A cluster of pigment molecules that absorbs various wavelengths of ligh |
| primary electron acceptor- | A molecule in the electron transport chain that accepts the electrons from the chlorophyll molecules of the photosystem. |
| electron transport chain | A series of molecules that perform oxidation-reduction reactions as they pass electrons from one to the other. |
| chemiosmosis | The pumping of hydrogen ions across a membrane through an ATP synthase protein pump. |
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