bioioiio Flashcards
refers to organisms that use light to manufacture their own food
photoautotrophs
refers to organisms that rely on the sugars produced by photosynthetic organisms for energy need
heterotrophs
bacteria that synthesize sugar by extracting energy from inorganic chemical compounds
chemoautotrophs
requirements for photosynthesis to occur
carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water
product of photosynthesis
releases oxygen and produces glyceraldehyde(sugar)
the layer of the cell in the leaf that photosynthesis occurs in
mesophyll
the location of gas exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen
stomata
the organelle where photosynthesis takes place in
chloroplast
stacked disc shaped structures in the chloroplast
thylakoids
a pigment responsible for absorbing light embedded in the thylakoid membrane
chlorophyll
refers to a stack of thylakoids
granum
the liquid filled space surrounding the granum
stroma
a stage of photosynthesis that converts solar energy into chemical energy in the form of NADPH and ATP.
light-dependent photosynthesis/reaction
the multiprotein complex wherein the convertion of light energy to chemical energy takes place
photosystem
