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- 3. a series of biochemical reactions that release the energy stored in nutrients through acetyl-CoA oxidation.
- 7. the starting substances in a chemical reaction that are changed into new substances called products.
- 8. (in green plant cells) a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.
- 9. a selectively permeable lipid bilayer that encloses the inner compartment of certain organelles
- 13. 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.
- 14. a crucial 3-carbon molecule formed when cells break down glucose (sugar) during glycolysis,
- 15. oxygen
- 16. the "synthesis" part of photosynthesis, using captured light energy to build stable food molecules, hence also called the "synthesis" or "dark" reactions (though light isn't directly needed, it relies on light-reaction products).
- 17. a crucial coenzyme that acts as an electron carrier and reducing agent
- 18. carbon dioxide
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- 1. organelles in eukaryotic cells that act as the "powerhouses," generating most of the cell's energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through cellular respiration
- 2. any substance or entity formed as the end result of a biological process or biochemical reaction,
- 4. glucose
- 5. the material or tissue surrounding cells, providing support and structure.
- 6. the colourless fluid inside the chloroplast covering the grana
- 8. how your cells turn food (like sugar/glucose) and oxygen into usable energy (ATP), releasing carbon dioxide and water as waste
- 10. series of protein complexes and molecules that transfer electrons through redox reactions to create a proton gradient across a membrane.
- 11. water
- 12. the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy