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