organism that captures energy and matter from its surroundings to make sugars and other molecules

process of using energy from the sun and matter from the environment to produce sugars that store energy in chemical bonds

a cell structure that uses the sun's energy to make sugar through the process of photosynthesis

a green pigment that is important in photosynthesis

the material that forms the rigid walls and support for plant cells

the combined mass of the bodies of organisms, which collectively represents stored energy