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- 2. in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis
- 6. the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen
- 9. a stack of thylakoids in a chloroplast
- 12. the initial reactions in photosynthesis, which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems I and II and include the passage of electrons along the electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis
- 14. one of many openings in a leaf or a stem of a plant that enable gas exchange to occur
- 15. in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast
- 18. in chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane
- 19. in chloroplasts and mitochondria, a process in which the movement of protons down their concentration gradient across a membrane is coupled to the synthesis of ATP
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- 1. the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide, such as in photosynthesis
- 3. a membrane system found within chloroplasts that contains the components for photosynthesis
- 4. a biochemical pathway of photosynthesis in which carbon dioxide is converted into glucose using ATP
- 5. an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials
- 6. a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color
- 7. a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane
- 8. a class of pigments that are present mostly in plants and that aid in photosynthesis
- 10. an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs
- 11. a green pigment that is present in most plant and algae cells and some bacteria, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that absorbs light to provide energy for photosynthesis
- 13. a water-conserving, carbon-fixing process;---- plants take in carbon at night and fix it into various organic compounds and release it during the day
- 16. an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms
- 17. a carbon-fixing process in which carbon dioxide is bound to a compound to form a four-carbon intermediate
