All terms in this list:
Photosynthesis: The process by which plants and other photoautotrophs generate carbohydrates and oxygen from carbon dioxide, water, and light energy in chloroplasts.
Cellular Respiration: The 3 step process that turns glucose into 32 ATP
Glucose: A simple monosaccharide (sugar) with a molecular formula of C6H12O6; it is a principle source of energy for cellular metabolism.
ATP: adenosine triphosphate; this is used to power some cellular processes
Carbon Dioxide: The normal oxide of carbon, CO₂; a colorless, odorless gas formed during respiration and combustion and consumed by plants during photosynthesis.
Water: H2O; a product of photosynthesis that is need for all living things
Oxygen: a gas produced by photosynthesis
Thylakoid: a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
Granum: a stacklike structure in plant chloroplasts that contain chlorophyll; the site of photosynthesis
Chlorophyll: Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria
Stroma: the tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it; the rest of the space within the chloroplast
Light-Dependent Reaction: 1st step of photosynthesis; the process of capturing the sun's energy
Calvin Cycle: 2nd step of photosynthesis; this is the process of creating glucose
Glycolysis: The cellular degradation of the simple sugar glucose to yield pyruvic acid, and ATP as an energy source.
Krebs cycle: A series of enzymatic reactions that occurs in all aerobic organisms; it involves the oxidative metabolism of acetyl units, and serves as the main source of cellular energy.
Oxidative Phosphorylation: final step of respiration; this is when 32 ATP is created from the glucose that was originally started with
Electron Transport Proteins: Proteins embedded in the internal membrane of the mitochondria that makes ATP.
Autotrophs: organisms capable of making their own food
Photoautotrophs: uses sun energy to make organic compounds from light
Chemoautotrophs: uses chemical energy to make organic compounds from chemical energy contained in sulfide or methane
Photosystem: Either of two biochemical systems, active in chloroplasts, that are part of photosynthesis
Electron Transport System: sequence of electron carrier molecules that shuttle electrons
Carbon Fixation: any process, such as photosynthesis, whereby atmospheric carbon dioxide is converted into organic compounds
Heterotrophs: must take energy from outside sources; cannot make their own food
Aerobic Cellular Respiration: uses oxygen
Anaerobic Cellular Respiration: does not use oxygen
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