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Import Photosynth
Import various photosynth definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| autotroph | an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms |
| Photosynthesis | the process by which plants |
| Heterotroph | an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials |
| Light Reactions | the initial reactions in photosynthesis |
| Calvin Cycle | a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP |
| Chloroplast | an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs |
| Thylakoid | a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis |
| Granum | a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast |
| Stroma | in plants |
| Pigment | a substance that gives another substance or mixture its color |
| Chlorophyll | a green pigment that is present in most plant cells |
| Carotenoid | a class of pigments that are present in the thylakoid membrane of plants and that aid in photosynthesis |
| Photosystem | in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts |
| Primary Electron Acceptor | in chloroplasts |
| Electron Transport Chain | a series of molecules |
| Chemiosmosis | in chloroplasts and mitochondria |
| Carbon Fixation | the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide |
| Stoma | one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur |
| C4 pathway | a carbon-fixing process in which carbon dioxide is bound to a compound to form a four-carbon intermediate |
| CAM pathway | a water-conserving |
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