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hebron bio
ch. 8 bio vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenosine triphosphate | a compuld that cells use to store and release energy. Abriviated as ATP |
| heterotroph | organisms that obtian food by consuming other living things. |
| autotroph | Organisms that make their own food. |
| photosynthesis | The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high energy carbs that can be used as food |
| pigment | Light absorbing molecules |
| chlorophyll | a plant's principal pigment. |
| thylakoid | saclike photosynthetic membranes |
| stroma | the flued portion of the chloroplast, outside of the thylakoids |
| NADP | accepts and holds 2 high energy electrons along with a hydrogen ion. |
| light dependent reactions | require the direct involvement of light and light absorbing pigments |
| light independent reactions | ATP and NADPH molecules produced in the light dependent reactions are used to produce high energy sugars from cabon dioxide |
| photosystem | clusters of chlorophyll and proteins |
| electron transport chain | a series of electron carrier proteins |
| ATP synthase | spans the membrane and allows H+ ions to pass through it |
| Calvin cycle | The light independent reactions |