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Absorption Spectrum - different forms of radiation that exist as shorter or longer wavelengths of energy Chemoautotroph - an organism, such as a bacterium or protozoan, that produces food from the oxidation of inorganic substances Chlorophyll - the green pigment used in photosynthesis of plants or other photosynthetic organisms Chloroplast - plastids that contain chlorophyll; site of photosynthesis Dark reaction - series of reactions that occur in photosynthesis to fixate carbon dioxide Frequency - the number of wavelengths that pass a certain point in one second Grana - stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast Light reaction - series of reactions that occur in photosynthesis to produce energy rich molecules NADP (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate) - the hydrogen acceptor used in photosynthesis PGA (phosphoglyceric acid) - the three carbon chain molecule formed in the dark reactions PGAL (phosphoglyceraldehyde) - the molecule PGA is converted to to produce glucose molecules Photon - a small particle of light energy Photosynthesis - the process of taking in carbon dioxide and light energy to produce glucose and oxygen Phosphorylation - the movement of phosphate from one molecule to another Photosystem I and II - site of the light reactions, found in the thylakoids Pigment - a substance with color that absorbs certain light while reflecting others RubP (ribulosbiphosphate) - 5 carbon chain found in the dark reaction Stroma - fluid filled region in a chloroplast Thylakoid - the photosynthetic membranes in the chloroplast which look like flattened stacks Wavelength - measurement between two crests in a wave of radiation |
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