Photosynthesis Vocabulary

5. Reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH.
10. Region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts.
11. Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthesis organisms; captures light energy.
12. Light-absorbing molecule.
13. Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars.

1. Light-collecting units of the chloroplast.
2. Organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer.
3. Large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP.
4. Organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer.
6. Process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.
7. (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) One of the carrier molecules that transfer high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules.
8. (ATP) One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store and release energy.
9. Saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts.