Biology 2.3-2.4 Flashcards
organism that makes its own food
autotrophs
plants that eat already produced food
consumers
process of plants producing foods
photosynthesis
end product of food for the plant
glucose
structural unit of all living things
cell
surrounds the cell, seperates it from its enviornment and regulates
cell membrane
center of the cell
nucleus
make up the cell and the fluid in it
cytoplasm
outermost part of the cell
cell wall
little “factories” that use light to manufacture food for the plant
chloroplasts
green pigment that gives plants their color
clorophyll
storage structures in the cell
vacuoles
factors that influenece photosynthesis
- amount of avaliable carbon dioxide
- remp
- intensity of light shining on the leaf
- amount of absorbable water
what comes from light reactions in photosynthesis
atp and nadph
carolene
pigment that creates orange