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Calvin-Bensen Cycle |
a series of biochemical reactions that takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms. |
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carbon fixation |
carbon fixed during the C^3 cycle is used to sythesize glucose |
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carotenoid |
accessory pigments (molecules in thykaloids) which capture light energy and transfer it to chlorophyll |
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granum |
thykaloids piled ontop of each other in chlorplasts |
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light-dependant reactants |
chlorophyll and other molecules in the membranes of thykaloids capture sunlight energy and convert some of it in the ATP and NADPH |
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mesophyll |
cells which contain the majority of the leaves chlorophyll |
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photon |
Photons of light that are picked up by any of the pigment molecules in the antenna pass their energy to nearby pigment molecules until it is eventually passed to a special molecule of chlorophyll a called the reaction center. |
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photoresperation |
when O^2 rather than CO^2 is combined with RuBP |
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stoma |
the adjustable pores in the epidermis obtain CO^2 for photosythesis |
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stroma |
the semifluid inside the double outer membrane of chloroplasts |
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thykaloid |
in the stroma, disk-shaped, interconnected membranoun sacs |
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