Ch 8 Voaab Flashcards

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Heterotroph

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Can’t create own food

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Autotroph

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Creates own food

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Adenosine triphosphate

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Energy carrying biological molecule, which, when broken down causes cellular activity

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Photosynthesis

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Suns energy converted to chemical energy for use by the cell

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Chloroplasts

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Captures light energy and converts it to chemical energy

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Nadp+

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MAjor electron carrier in photosynthesis in electron transport

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Calvin cycle

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Light independent reactions in which energy is stored in organic molecules as glucose

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Light dependent reaction

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Reaction that needs light to react

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Glucose

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A simple sugar

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Glycolysis

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First stage of cellular respiration glucose is broken down

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Cellular respiration

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Organic molecules are broken down to release for energy

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Anaerobic

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Does not require oxygen

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Pyruvic acid

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Occurs in any metabolic process

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Aerobic

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Requires oxygen

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Krebs cycle

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Series of reactions. Pyruvate is broken down into carbon dioxide

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Citric acid

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Weak organic acid.

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Gycogen

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stores carbohydrates