Topic 1 Lesson 5 Photosynthesis Vocabulary

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods with the help of chlorophyll.

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Autotroph

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An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide.

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Heterotroph

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An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

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Chlorophyll

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A green pigment, present in all green plants and in cyanobacteria, responsible for the absorption of light to provide energy for photosynthesis.

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Chloroplast

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A plastid in green plant cells which contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.