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biology
chapter 8 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| one of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy | adenosine triphosphate |
| organisms that obtain food by comsuming other living things | heterotrophs |
| organisms that make their own food | autotrophs |
| process by which autotrophs use energy of sunlight to produce high-energy carbohydrates | photosynthesis |
| light-absorbing molecules | pigments |
| plants' principle pigment | chlorophyll |
| abundance of saclike photosynthetic membranes | thylakoids |
| fluid portion of the chloroplast, outside of the thylakoids | stroma |
| nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate | NADP |
| first set of photosynthesis | light-dependent reactions |
| second set of photosynthesis | light-independent reations |
| clusters of chlorophyll and protiens | photosystems |
| series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions | electron transport chain |
| thylakoid membranes protein | ATP synthase |
| plants use the energy that ATP and NADPH contain to build stable high-energy carbohydrate compounds that can be stored for a long time during this | Calvin cycle |