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Bio Chapter 8 Vocab
Vocabulary Bio1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adenosine triphosophate | Importand combound cells that store and release energy |
| heterotroph | organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things |
| autotroph | organisms that use light energy from light to make their own food. |
| photosynthesis | The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce |
| pigment | Light-absorbing molecules |
| chlorophyll | Plants' principal pigment |
| thylakoid | Saclike photosynthetic membranes |
| stroma | Fluid portion of the chloroplast, outside of the thylakoids |
| light-dependent reactions | Use energy from sunlight to pigments |
| light-independent reactions | Use high energy to produce sugars from carbon dioxide. |
| photosystem | Clusters of cloropyll and proteins |
| ATP synthase | a protien found in the thylakoid membrane. |
| electron transport chain | a series of electron carrier protiens that shuttle high energy electrons during ATP. |
| calvin cycle | during the indipendent reactions. |