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RChapter 6 Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | An organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms |
| Photosynthesis | The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen |
| Heterotroph | An organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials |
| Light Reactions | The initial reactions in photosynthesis, triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems 1/2 and include the passage of electrons along electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis |
| Chloroplast | An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs |
| Thylakoid | A membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis |
| Granum | A stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast |
| Stroma | In plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast |
| Pigment | A substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color |
| Chlorophyll | A green pigment that is present in most plant cells, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that reacts with sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to form carbohydrates |
| Carotenoid | A class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis |
| Primary Electron Acceptor | A molecule in the thylakoid membrane that is the acceptor of electrons lost from chloryphyll |
| Electron Transport Chain | A series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane |
| Chemiosmosis | In chloroplasts and mitochondria, a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP |