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biology Ch.8 VOCAB
vocabulary biology 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adenosine triphosphate | Cells use to store and release energy |
| heterotroph | organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things |
| autotroph | organisms that make there own food |
| photosynthesis | "using light to put something together" |
| pigment | light-absorbing molecules |
| chlorophyll | principal pigment |
| thylakiod | saclike photosynthetic membranes |
| stroma | fluid portion of the chloroplast |
| NADP | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| light-dependent reactions | the first reaction |
| light-independent reactions | produces high energy |
| photosystem | thylakoids contain clusters of chlorophyll and protein |
| ATP synthase | thylakoid membrane contains protein |
| electron transport chain | a series of electron carrier proteins |
| Calvin cycle | during the light independent reactions |