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| a complex series of chemical reactions in which the products of on reaction become the raw materials for the next reaction |
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| the reactions of photosynthesis in which light is absorbed |
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| white light separated out into its component parts |
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| the distance between the peaks of waves of energy |
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| a compound that absorbs light |
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| the most important pigment located in the thylakoid of a chloroplast |
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| a pigment that helps another pigment capture light energy |
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| yellow, orange and brown pigments |
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| a cluster of pigment molecules |
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| primary electron acceptor |
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| a molecule that accepts electrons lost by chlorophyll 'a' molecules |
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| molecules in the thylakoid membranes that transfer electrons from one molecule to the next molecule in the series |
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| an organic molecule that accepts electrons during redox reactions |
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| a process of movement of protons down a concentration gradient across a membrane synthesizing ATP |
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| a protein that harnesses energy producing ATP by adding a phosphate to ADP |
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| adenosine diphosphate which can convert to ATP by adding a phosphate group |
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| the bonding of CO2 into organic compounds |
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| a plant that uses only the Calvin cycle for carbon fixation |
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| small pores located on the underside of leaves |
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| a pathway in which some plants fix CO2 into four-carbon compounds |
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| a pathway used by some plants that open their stomata at night to fix CO2 |
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| stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast |
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| the solution in a chloroplast surrounding the grana |
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| organisms that can produce their own food |
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| organisms that cannot produce their own food, but feed on other organisms |
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| the process of capturing sunlight and storing its energy in organic compounds |
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