| Term | Definition |
|---|
| light energy | the process by which plants use ____ from the sun to make food is called photosynthesis |
| chloroplast | photosynthesis takes place in this cell organelle |
| chlorophyll | the green pigment inside a plant cell's chloroplast |
| hydrogen | the plant uses some of its stored chemical energy to split water into ___ and oxygen |
| glucose | the hydrogen and carbon dioxide combine and form a simple sugar called ___ |
| photosynthesis | plants make their own food through this process. |
| energy | the ability to do work |
| energy | plants and animals use the ___ from food to carry out life processes |
| mitochondria | aerobic cellular respiration takes place in this cell organelle |
| water and carbon dioxide | by-products of cellular respiration |
| carbon dioxide | what chemical reactant is converted (changed) to sugar |
| oxygen, ATP, NADPH | Products of light-dependent reaction in photosynthesis |
| light reaction | light-dependent reaction |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| nucleotide | a 5-carbon sugar, base, and phosphate |
| plants | examples of autotrophs |
| animals | examples of heterotrophs |
| autotrophs | organisms that make their own food |
| heterotrophs | organism that obtain energy from food they consume |
| recharged battery | ATP |
| uncharged battery | ADP |
| sun | the ultimate source of energy |
| granum | stack of thylakoids inside a chloroplast |
| thylakoids | sac-like photosynthetic membranes housing reaction centers |
| NADP | coenzyme that are electron carriers in photosynthesis |
| Calvin-Bensen Cycle | light independent stage in photosynthesis |
| ATP | one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy |
| green | the leaves of a plant appear this color because it is reflected |
| sugars, oxygen | products of photosynthesis |
| light absorption | the first process in the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis is |
| chlorophyll, light, carbon dioxide, water | In a typical plant, all of the following factors are necessary for photosynthesis |
| 6,6,1,6 | ___ molecules of water + ___molecules of carbon dioxide yields ___ molecule of glucose + __ molecules of oxygen |
| chemical reaction | a process that a changes or transforms, one set of chemicals into another. |
| chemical reaction | ____ _____ always involve changes in the chemical bonds that join atoms in compounds |
| reactants | elements or compounds that enter into a chemical reaction |
| products | elements or compounds produced by a chemical reaction |
| nucleic acid | ATP is an example of this organic macromolecule |
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