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chapter 8 vocab
biology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A nucleotide that occurs in muscle tissue, and is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, and in the synthesis of nucleic acids. | ATP |
| An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. | heterotroph |
| Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy. | autotroph |
| The process by which plants and other photoautotrophs generate carbohydrates and oxygen from carbon dioxide, water, and light energy in chloroplasts. | Photosynthesis |
| Any color in plant or animal cells. | pigment |
| Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria | chlorophyll |
| light dependent reactions | |
| light independent reactions | |
| thylakoid | |
| stroma | |
| NADP+ | |
| photosystem | |
| elecron transport chain | |
| ATP synthase | |
| Calvin cycle |