Photosynthesis

3. Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids
7. The process by which ATP is synthesized in chloroplasts and mitochondria through the creation of a proton gradient across a membrane, facilitated by the transfer of electrons and protons via mobile molecules like plastoquinone and ubiquinone.
8. (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) Carrier molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules
9. Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms
10. transport chain Series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP-generating reactions
11. Loosing electrons
12. Process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
13. Organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer
15. Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
16. Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts

1. reactions Set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
2. cycle The light-independent reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar
3. level phosphorylation The production of ATP from ADP by a direct transfer of a high-energy phosphate group from a phosphorylated intermediate metabolic compound in an exergonic catabolic pathway
4. Light-absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun's energy
5. Gain electrons
6. triphosphate (ATP) Compound used by cells to store and release energy
14. Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids
15. Synthase Cluster of proteins that span the thylakoid membrane and allow hydrogen ions (H+) to pass through it
17. independent reactions Set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin cycle