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| One of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy. |
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| Organisms that obtain food by consuming other living thing. |
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| Organisms that make their own food |
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| Process which autotrophs capture the energy of sunlight and store it in molecules that make up food. Producing high energy carbohydrates sugars and starches that can be used as food |
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| Plants gather the sun's energy with light absorbing molecules |
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| Two Types: Chlorophyll A and B absorb light in the blue violet and red regions of the spectrum Chlorophyll does not absorb light well in the green region. |
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| Chloroplasts contain an abundance of sacklike photosynthetic membranes. Stacks of grana |
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| Electron carrier. Accepts and holds 2 high energy electrons with hydrogen ions coverts in to NADPH |
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| Light Dependent Reactions |
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| they require direct involvement of light and light absorbing pigments |
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| Light Independent Reactions |
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| ATP and NADPH molecules produced and are used to produce high energy sugars from carbon dioxide does not use the light |
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| Thylakoids contain clusters of chlorophyll and proteins. Absorbs sunlight and generate high energy electrons. IMPORTANT PROCESS |
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| series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high energy electrons during ATP generating reactions. |
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| Thylakoid membrane contains protein that spans the membrane and allows Hydrogen ions to pass through it. |
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| Independent reactions plants use energy that ATP and NADPH contain to build stable high energy carbohydrate compounds that can be stored for a long time, |
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| IMPORTANT THOUGH IN CHAPTER 9 |
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GLYCOLYSIS COMES FIRST
THEN KREBS CYCLE
THEN ELECTRON TRANSPORT. |
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