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biology 8 vocab
chapter 8 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenosine triphosphate | one of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy |
| autotroph | organisms that make their own food |
| heterotroph | organisms that obtain food by consuming other living things |
| photosynthesis | using light to put something together |
| pigment | light absorbing molecules |
| chlorophyll | principle pigment |
| thylakoids | saclike photosynthetic membranes |
| stroma | fluid portion of the chloroplast outside of the thylakoids |
| NADP | a carrier molecule |
| light dependent reactions | first set of reactions |
| light independent reactions | produce high energy sugars from carbon dioxide |
| photosystem | clusters of chlorophyll and proteins |
| ATP synthase | thylakoid membrane contains a protein called this |
| electron transport chain | a series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high energy electrons during ATP generating reactions |
| Calvin cycle | light independent reactions are commonly referred as this |