Chapter 8 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS VOCAB

used by cells to store and release energy - "partially charged"; contains 2 phosphates

• APT

• ADP

• NADPH

• NADP+

nucleotide used by cells to store and release energy - "fully charged"; contains 3 phosphates

• ATP

• ADP

• NADPH

• NADP+

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

• byproduct

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

anything produced in the course of making another thing

• byproduct

• energy

• stroma

• stomata

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NGSS.MS-LS1-7

principle pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms

• chlorophyll

• chloroplast

• thylakoid

• stroma

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that use photosynthesis to convert light energy into chemical energy

• chlorophyll

• chloroplast

• heterotrophs

• autotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

saclike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplasts

• chlorophyll

• heterotroph

• thylakoids

• stroma

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids

• chlorophyll

• heterotroph

• thylakoids

• stroma

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

process used by plants to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert CO₂ and water into oxygen and sugars.

• photosynthesis

• heterotrophs

• ATP

• ADP

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• light-dependent reactions

• light-independent reactions

• thylakoid

• pigments

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NGSS.HS-LS1-5