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photosynthesis & cellular respiration
photosynthesis & cellular respiration
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Biology
10th Grade
12/16/2009

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Autotroph
Definition
an organism that uses energy to synthesize organic molecules from inorganic subtances.
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Heterotroph
Definition
an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products.
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Photosynthesis
Definition
the conversion of light energy to chemical energy stored in organic compounds.
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Light Energy (sun)
Definition
Main pigment involved in photosynthesis.
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Stroma
Definition
in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast.
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Grana
Definition
stacks of thlyakoids in the chloroplast.
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Pigment
Definition
in plants, a compound that absorbs light and imparts color.
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Thylakoids
Definition
a flattened, membranous sac inside a chloroplast; contains most of the compounds involved in the light reactions of photosynthesis.
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chlorophyll a
Definition
an accesory pigment
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chlorophyll b
Definition
causes bread to rise.
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biochemical pathway
Definition
the products of one reaction are the reactants in another
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aerobic respiration
Definition
breaks down glucose with oxygen
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cytoplasm
Definition
place where the first part of photosynthesis takes place
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glycolysis
Definition
the process that breaks down glucose
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anaerobic respiration
Definition
breaks down glucose without oxygen
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ATP
Definition
source of all energy for living systems
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mitochondria(ion)
Definition
aerobic respiration takes place here
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lactic acid fermentation
Definition
a lot of this is made during aerobic respiration
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alcoholic fermentation
Definition
glycolysis and anaerobic respiration takes place here
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yeast cells
Definition
alcoholic fermentation takes place in this organism
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