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| Light absorbing colored molecule. |
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| Postively charged particle found in the nucleus of an atom. |
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| Protein that acts as a biological catalyst. |
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| Organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes. |
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| Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to power chemical reactions that convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches. |
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| Saclike body in chloroplasts made of photosynthetic membranes that contain photosystems. |
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| Organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds. |
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| Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) |
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| One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy. |
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| Large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP to a phosphate group together to produce ATP. |
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| ADP (adenosine diphosphate) |
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| Consists of a nitrogen-containg compound called adenine, a 5 carbon sugar called ribose, and two phosphate groups. |
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| Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy compounds such as sugars. |
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| Clusters of pigment and protein that absorb light energy. |
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| Element or compound that enters into a chemical reaction. |
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| High energy sugar created by photosynthesis. |
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| The change in shape of a protein at extremes of temperature or pH. |
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| Set of reactions in which the product of one reaction goes on to be the reactant in the next reaction. |
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| light-dependent reactions |
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| Reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH. |
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| Region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts. |
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| Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that uses energy from sunlight to make energy-rich food molecules by photosynthesis. |
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| Pigments that are yellow or orange, not green. |
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| Large macromolecule formed from monosaccharides. |
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| Negatively charged particle; located outside the atomic nucleus. |
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| Process by which some organisms use chemical energy to produce carbohydrates. |
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| Atom that has a positive or negative charge. |
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| Series of proteins in which high energy electrons are used to convert ADP to ATP. |
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| Element or compound produced by chemical reactions. |
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| NADP(Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) |
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| One of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electons from chlorophyll to other molecules |
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| Portion of the radiation spectrum used by plants for photosynthesis. |
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