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  1. 3. a stacked membranous structure within the chloroplasts of plants and green algae that contains the chlorophyll and is the site of the light reactions
  2. 5. redox cofactor that is created during the Krebs cycle and utilized during the last part of respiration
  3. 7. the sequence of reactions by which most living cells generate energy during the process of aerobic respiration.
  4. 8. he breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid
  5. 9. he series of chemical reactions that constructs or synthesizes molecules from smaller units
  6. 12. an enzyme present in plant chloroplasts, involved in fixing atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis and in oxygenation of the resulting compound during photorespiration.
  7. 14. adenosine diphosphate
  8. 15. a sequence of degradative chemical reactions that break down complex molecules into smaller units
  9. 17. take place on the thylakoid membranes
  10. 20. composed of adenosine and three phosphate
  11. 21. each of a number of flattened sacs inside a chloroplast, bounded by pigmented membranes on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place, and arranged in stacks or grana.
  12. 23. the chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria, yeasts, or other microorganisms, typically involving effervescence and the giving off of heat
  13. 25. he natural coloring matter of animal or plant tissue
  14. 26. is the set of metabolic pathways that breaks down molecules into smaller units that are either oxidized to release energy, or used in other anabolic reactions.
  15. 30. a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation
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  1. 1. photosynthesis are chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose
  2. 2. biochem nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
  3. 4. green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis
  4. 6. process in which our cells break down food and turn it into energy that cells need to perform their life functions
  5. 10. an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.
  6. 11. is a series of compounds that transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions, and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane.
  7. 13. the supportive tissue of an epithelial organ, tumor, gonad, etc., consisting of connective tissues and blood vessels.
  8. 16. the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life.
  9. 18. the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water
  10. 19. type of respiration that does not use oxygen
  11. 22. nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
  12. 24. a biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
  13. 27. organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.
  14. 28. the movement of ions across a selectively permeable membrane, down their electrochemical gradient
  15. 29. an important enzyme that provides energy for the cell to use through the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate