Chloroplasts and Photosynthetic Pigments

Organism that obtains food by consuming other living things; also called a consumer

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Chlorophyll

• Stroma

Light-absorbing molecule used by plants to gather the sun's energy

• Pigment

• Chlorophyll

• Stroma

• Thylakoid

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts

• Stroma

• Thylakoid

• Pigments

• Photosystems

Compound used by cells to store and release energy

• ATP

• ATP synthase

• Stroma

• NADP+

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms

• Stroma

• Chlorophyll

• NADP+

• ATP

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids

• Photosystems

• Stroma

• Pigments

• Electron transport chains

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids

• Chlorophyll

• Stroma

• ATP

• NADP+

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

• Light-dependent

• Light-independent

• Calvin Cycle

• Electron transport chains

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin Cycle

• Light-dependent

• Light-independent

• Electron transport chain

• ATP synthase

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Thylakoid

• Stroma

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3