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Photosynthesis
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
11/01/2012

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Term
Autotrophs
Definition

"self-feeders"

Produce their organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic raw materials obtained from the environment

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Heterotrophs

 

 

Definition
Live on compounds produced by other organisms
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Chloroplasts
Definition
Site of photosynthesis
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Site of light reactions
Definition
Thylakoids
Term
Where Calvin Cycle occurs
Definition
Stroma
Term
Carotenoids
Definition

Hydorcarbons that are various shades of yellow and orange because they absorb violet and blue-green light

 

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Reaction-center complex
Definition
Organized association of proteins holding a special pair of chlorophyll a molecules
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Thylakoids
Definition
Membranes that contain chloroplasts
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Inputs of light reactions
Definition
H2O, NADP+, ADP+Pi
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Outputs of light reactions
Definition
O2, ATP, NADPH
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Inputs of Calvin cycle
Definition
ATP, NADPH, CO2
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Outputs of Calvin cycle
Definition
ADP+Pi, NADP+
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Photosystem
Definition
A reaction-center complex associated with light-harvesting complexes
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