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15 Cards in this Set
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autotroph |
is an organism that produces complex organic compounds from single substances that surrounds it |
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photosynthesis |
the process by which plants uses the energy from the light of the sun to produce it's on food |
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heterotroph |
a living thing that gets it's food from other plants or animals |
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light reaction |
the reaction that occurs as the first phase of photosynthesis, in which energy in the form of light is absorbed and converted to chemical energy in the form of ATP |
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photosytem |
each cluster of pigment molecules and the proteins that the pigment molecules are embedded in referred to as collectively |
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primary electron acceptor |
the acceptor electron last from chorophyll a is a molecule in the thylakoid membrane
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electron transport chain |
when the primary electron acceptor donates the electron to the first of a series of molecules |
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caroteniods |
any class of yellow to red pigments |
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pigment |
any color in a plant or animal |
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stroma |
the tissue structure of an organ that serves to support it |
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granum |
a stack-like structure in the chloroplast that contains chlorophyll |
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thylakoid |
a disc shaped within a plant chloroplasts from which the grana are made, used in photosynthesis |
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chlorplast |
one of the parts of the plant that contains chlorophyll and where the energy from the light of the sun is turned into food by photosynthesis |
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CHLOROPHYLL |
the green substance in plants that allows them to use the energy form the sun |
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chemiosmiosis |
an important part of the light reactions is the synthesis of ATP through the process called Chemiosmiosis |
