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- Photosynthesis
- The process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy
- Autotroph
- Organisms that use light from sun to make its own food
- Heterotroph
- Organisms that rely on others for food
- Cellular Respiration
- Process by which living organisms haverst the energy in food
- Pigment
- Molecule that absorbs certain wavelegnths of light
- Chlorophyll
- The primary pigment involved with photosynthesis
- Carotenoid
- Absorb different wavelegnths of light than photosynthesis to allow plants to have color
- Thylakoid
- Internal membrane-bound sac in a chloroplast
- Electron transport chain
- Series of molecules through which electrons are passed to make ATP
- NADPH
- Electron carrier that provides high-energy electrons for photosynthesis
- Carbon dioxide fixation
- Process by which carbon dioxide is incorperated into organic compounds
- Calvin Cycle
- Common method of carbon dioxide fixation in photosynthesis
- Aerobic
- Term for processes that require oxygen
- Anaerobic
- Term for processes that do not require oxygen
- Glycolsys
- Biochemical pathway that breaks down glucose to pyruvate
- NADH
- Electron Carrier that stores energy used to make ATP
- Krebs cycle
- Cyclic biochemical pathway of cellular respiration that uses carbon dioxide and produces ATP, NADH, and FADH
- FADH
- Electron carrier produced during the Krebs cycle
- Fermentation
- Anaerobic process of cellular respiration that recycles NAD needed to continue glycosis