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- 3. American biochemist that won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1961 for figuring out the series of reactions in which carbon dioxide in used to create carbohydrates during photosynthesis.
- 6. Any of the 100's of different light-absorbing colored molecule (2).
- 9. A substance that is produced and released during the light dependent reactions as a result of the breakdown of water.
- 11. Scientist that Incorrectly concluded that water was the reason that plants gained mass as they grew.
- 13. The saclike body or membranes in chloroplasts made of photosynthetic membranes that contain photosystems I & II; location of the light dependent reactions (3).
- 14. Last name of the scientist that won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for describing the electron transport chain (2).
- 15. One of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy; produced by mitochondria and chloroplasts at a rate of 10 million/second (1).
- 16. The principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms; captures light energy (2).
- 18. ATP & 12 NADPH.
- 20. The first scientist that in 1845 proposed that plants turn light energy into chemical energy (2).
- 21. Organelle in a plant cell in which photosynthesis takes place (2).
- 22. The type of ions that collect in the lumen of the thylakoid membranes and flow through ATP synthase in order to cause photophosphorylation of ADP + P into ATP.
- 26. What NADP+ becomes when it accepts a pair of high energy electrons in the light dependent reactions (3).
- 29. High energy, 3 carbon intermediate of the Calvin Cycle that is produced as a result of the breakdown of
- 30. The process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to power chemical reactions that convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches.
- 31. A lower powered energy storate molecule that consists of adenine, ribose sugar, and two phosphate groups (1).
- 32. and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer (1).
- 33. The principal form of chemical energy for most living things; a simple monosaccharide.
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- 1. One of the carrier molecules that accepts & transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules (3).
- 2. The ability to do work (1).
- 4. Several separate stacks of thylakoid membranes are known as...(3).
- 5. Location in which the 3 carbon compounds produced by the Calvin cycle react to form a 6 carbon sugar like glucose (3).
- 6. An English minister that determined that plants produced something (oxygen) that would allow a candle to remain lit under a bell jar for longer periods of time (2).
- 7. The direct source of energy for all plants, algae, and some bacteria.
- 8. The reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars
- 10. Fluid filled region outside the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts; location of the chloroplasts (3).
- 12. An organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer (1).
- 17. The reactions of photosynthesis that use light & water to produce ATP, NADPH, & oxygen gas (3).
- 19. Number of ATP used in the Calvin cycle for 2 turns.
- 23. The conglomerate of pigments, mostly chlorophyll, that absorb photons of light that break apart water into oxygen atoms, Hydrogen ions, high energy electrons.
- 24. The conglomerate of pigments, mostly chlorophyll, that absorb photons of light that re-energize the electrons which are subsequently fixed into NADP+ making NADPH.
- 25. Dutch scientist that showed that plants will only produce oxygen if exposed to light (2).
- 27. With 2 turns of the Calvin Cycle, what is the chemical abbreviation for the name of the LOW ENERGY, 12, 3 carbon compound intermediates that develops as a result of the splitting of the 6, 6 carbon compounds?
- 28. A large protein (enzyme) that uses energy from H+ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP (3).