Chapter 8 Flashcards

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One of the most important chemicals that cells use to store and give off energy

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Adenosine triphosphate ATP

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Living things that get food by eating other living things

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Heterotrophs

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Living thing that make their own food

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Autotrophs

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The process by which autotrophs use the energy of sunlight to produce high energy carbohydrates

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Photosynthesis

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Organelles that take place inside organelles called chloroplasts.

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Thylakoids.

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The liquid-filled space around the thylakoids

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Stroma

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One of the molecules that accepts high-energy electrons from chlorophyll and carries them to other molecules during photosynthesis

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NADP+

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A reaction of photosynthesis that uses light energy to make ATP and NADPH

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Light-dependent reactions

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A reaction of photosynthesis that uses ATP, NADPH, and carbon dioxide to make high-energy sugars

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Light-independent reactions

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