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- 4. The collective term for the stack of thylakoids within the chloroplast of plant cells
- 6. A nucleotide that is converted into ATP for energy storage
- 8. A group of compounds that pass electron from one to another
- 12. An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of ATP
- 13. A series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order
- 14. The oxidized form of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate which is used as an electron carrier.
- 16. the gel-like matrix of chloroplasts and certain cells
- 17. An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances
- 18. A biochemical mechanism in plants by which chlorophyll absorbs light energy for photosynthesis
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- 1. The series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis that require light energy
- 2. A cyclical series of biochemical reactions that occur in the stroma of chloroplasts during photosynthesis
- 3. The series of biochemical reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light to proceed, and ultimately produce organic molecules from carbon dioxide
- 5. An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances
- 7. The major source of energy for cellular reactions
- 9. A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light
- 10. The process by which plants use the energy of sunlight to and carbon dioxide and water to make food
- 11. A saclike membrane that is the structural unit of the grana in the chloroplasts of plant cells
- 15. A multisubunit complex found mainly in the thylakoid membranes of plants and algae