Vocabulary Words Unit 4 Energy

Adenosine triphosphate; the high-energy molecule that contains, within its bonds, energy that cells can use.

• ATP

• ADP

• Chlorophyll

• Thylakoid

• Photosystem

Adenosine diphosphate; the low-energy molecule that can be converted to ATP.

• ATP

• ADP

• Chlorophyll

• Thylakoid

• Photosystem

The light-absorbing pigment molecule in photosynthetic organisms.

• Photosystem

• Thylakoid

• ATP

• Chlorophyll

• ADP

The membrane-bound structure within within chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll and other light-absorbing pigments used in the light-dependent reaction in photosynthesis.

• Thylakoid

• Chlorophyll

• Photosystem

• ATP

• ADP

A series of light-absorbing pigments and proteins that capture and transfer energy in the thylakoid membrane.

• Chlorophyll

• Photosystem

• ATP

• Thylakoid

• ADP

The process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy; produces sugar and oxygen from carbon dioxide and water.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• aerobic

• anaerobic

The process that requires oxygen to occur.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• aerobic

• anaerobic

The process of producing ATP by breaking down biomolecules when oxygen is present.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• aerobic

• anaerobic

The process that does not require oxygen to occur.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• aerobic

• anaerobic

The anaerobic process by which ATP is produced by glycolysis.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• fermentation

• aerobic

• anaerobic