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Energy carrier cells used to transport high-energy electrons

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NADH

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Cluster of pigments and proteins that absorb light

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Photosystem

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A saclike photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts

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Thylakoid

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Energy carrier made as a result of photosystem II

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ATP

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Process of using the suns energy to make food

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Photosynthesis

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Man who worked out the light independent reactions

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Melvin Calvin

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Liquid part of the inside of a chloroplast

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Stroma

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Chemical that absorbs light for photosynthesis

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Chlorophyll

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Light absorbing chemical

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Pigment

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Organism that makes its own food

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Autotroph

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Autotroph

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Any organism capable of self-nourishment by using inorganic materials as a source of nutrients

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Heterotroph

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An organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food

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Chlorophyll

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The green coloring matter of leaves in plants essential to the production of carbohydrates by photosynthesis

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Chloroplast

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A plastid containing chlorophyll

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Photosynthesis

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Complex process by which carbon dioxide water and certain inorganic salts are converted into carbohydrates by plants

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Stomata

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Slits in that epidermis of leaves stems etc. through which gasses are exchanged

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Stroma

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The supporting framework of a cell

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Thylakoids

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A flattened sac or vesical lined with pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis

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Granum

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One of the structural units of a chloroplast in vascular plants

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Light dependent reactions

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Converts solar Energy into potential energy

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Light independent reactions

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Chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide into glucose

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