chapter 9 - photosynthesis

Question 1

ATP

Answer 1

compound used by cells to store and release energy

Question 2

pigments

Answer 2

light absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun’s energy

Question 3

chlorophyll

Answer 3

principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetis organisms

Question 4

photosystem

Answer 4

cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids

Question 5

thylakoid

Answer 5

saclike photosynthetis membrances found in chloroplasts

Question 6

stroma

Answer 6

fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids