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| organelle found in some plant cells and certain unicellular organisms where photosynthesis takes place |
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| pigment that gives a chloroplast its green color; uses light energy to split water molecules during photosynthesis |
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| thick fluid contained in the inner membrane of a chloroplast |
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| disk-shaped sac in the stroma of a chloroplast; site of the light reactions of photosynthesis |
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| chemical reactions that convert the sun's energy to chemical energy; takes place in the membranes of thylakoid in the chloroplast |
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| cycle in plants that makes sugar from carbon dioxide, H+ ions, and high-energy electrons carried by NADPH |
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| distance between adjacent waves |
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| range of types of electromagnetic energy from gamma waves to radio waves |
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| laboratory technique used to observe the different pigments in a material |
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| cluster of chlorophyll and other molecules in a thylakoid |
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| chemical compound that determines a substance's color |
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| The process by which carbon moves from inorganic to organic compounds and back. |
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| Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that traps heat from the sun that would otherwise escape into space. |
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