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biology chapter 8

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A compound consisting of an adenosine molecule bonded to three phosphate groups, present in all living tissue adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. heterotroph
An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. autotroph
The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water. photosynthesis
The natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue. pigment
The light-dependent reactions, or light reactions, are the first stage of photosynthesis. light-dependent reactions
1.A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis. chlorophyll
1.Each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place, and arranged in stacks or grana thylakoid
1.The supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels stroma
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate NADP+
The light-independent reactions of photosynthesis are chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose. light-independent reactions
1.A biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis. photosystem
An electron transport chain (ETC) couples a reaction between an electron donor (such as NADH) and an electron acceptor (such as O2) to the transfer of H+ ions across a membrane, through a set of mediating biochemical reactions electron transport chain
ATP synthase is a general term for an enzyme that can synthesize adenosine triphosphate (ATP) from adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and inorganic phosphate by using a form of energy ATP synthase
The Calvin cycle or Calvin–Benson cycle or Reductive Pentose Phosphate cycle is a series of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms Calvin cycle
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