Chapter 9 Photosynthesis

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  1. 2. An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
  2. 4. a product of photosynthesis released into the atmosphere
  3. 6. Independent Reactions set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; sugar is made from carbon dioxide
  4. 9. disc like structures that contain chlorophyll
  5. 11. enters photosynthesis
  6. 13. compound used by cells to store and release energy
  7. 14. An organism that makes its own food (often by photosynthesis), thereby sustaining itself without eating other organisms or their molecules.
  8. 16. The ability to do work or cause change
  9. 17. a product of photosynthesis that stores energy
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  1. 1. reactions set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light and water to produce oxygen; takes place in thylakoid
  2. 3. Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis
  3. 5. process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar
  4. 7. organism that obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer
  5. 8. a single stack of thylakoids
  6. 10. fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids
  7. 12. Dioxide also enters photosynthesis; retrieved from the atmosphere
  8. 15. Colored chemical compounds that absorb light