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unit 4 photosynthesis vocabulary words
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Biology
9th Grade
03/09/2011

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ATP
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short for adenosine triphosphate the main energy carries of a cell
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Autotroph
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an organism that is to produce its own food
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Calvin cycle
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known as light- independent dark reactions that occur
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Heterotroph
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an organism that obtains its energy by eating other organism
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NADPH
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an energy carries molecules in a cell
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chemical bonds
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a strong attractive force between atoms that hold them together
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chemical reaction
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processes that result in substances forming or breaking into new substances.
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chloroplast
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double membrane organelles in plants and some protist cells that are the main site of photosynthesis.
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energy
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the ability to do work
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grana
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the stacks of thylakiod membranes within chloroplasts
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photon
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a particle of light
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photosynthesis
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the process of converting light energy in the process carbon dioxide and water are converting into oxygen and sugars.
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product
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substances that are produced in a chemical reaction
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reactnat
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substances that react are used in chemical reaction
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stroma
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the space between the grana in a chloroplast
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thylakoid membrane
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a membranous sac within chloroplasts on which the light reaction of photosynthesis occur
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How does life on earth depend on photosynthesis?
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Light Reactions –I want the steps and the reactants and products
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Calvin Cycle
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glucose, carbon dioxide the light supply the calvin cycle with the energy
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