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Biology
9th Grade
03/14/2011

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energy
Definition
the ability to work.
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reactant
Definition
a substance that reacts in a chemical reaction.
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product
Definition
a substance that reactant that is produced in a chemical reaction.
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chemical reaction
Definition
a process that results in substance forming or breaking into new susbtance.
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autotroph
Definition
make their own food by converting light energy into chemical energy.
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heterotroph
Definition
do not/ cannot make their own food. get it from eating other organisms.
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chloroplast
Definition
double-membrane organelles in plants and some other unicellular eukaryotic cells that are the main site of photosynthesis.
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photosythesis
Definition
the process of converting light energy to chemical energy; in the process, carbon dioxide and water are converted into oxygen and sugars.
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thylakoid membrane
Definition
a membranous sac within chloroplasts on which the light reactions of photosynthesis occur.
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grana
Definition
the stacks of thylakoid membranes within chloroplasts.
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stroma
Definition
the space between the grana in a chloroplasts.
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photon
Definition
carries energy from the sun.
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chemical bond
Definition
a attractive force between two atoms that holds them together.
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ATP
Definition
adenosine triphosphate (very high energy)
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NADPH
Definition
high energy
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How does life on earth depend on photosynthesis?
Definition
if the plants don't experience photosynthesis all the plants will die out and the human racist will have nothing to eat so they need light to live.
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light reactants- steps, reactants, and the products
Definition

the light reactioin in photosynthesis are depent on light being there. LOCATED- THYLAKOID

1. water enters the cell.

2. sunlight energizes the energy-carrying molecules.( ADP-NADP+)

3. oxygen leaves the chloroplast, and ATP and NADPH move on to the calvin cycle.

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calvin cycle-steps, reactants, and the product
Definition

this reaction does not require light in order to work. it can occur in the light or in the darkness. LOCATION-STROMA

1. carbon dioxide enters the chloroplast.

2. ATP-NADPH arrive from the light reactions.

3. the calvin cycle uses carbon dioxide, ATP, and NADPH molecules to make glucose.

4. ADP and NADPH+ return to the light reactions.

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