Photosynthesis Flashcards
Chloroplast
Organelle found in plant leaves that produce and store food/glucose energy.
Chlorophyll
Pigments in chloroplast that absorb most colors in the color spectrum and reflects only green and yellow colors in the wavelength.
Glucose
Another name for sugar/c6h12o6.
Oxygen
Released by plants as waste products.
Photosynthesis
Process in which sunlight energy is used to make glucose.
Mitchocondra
Organelles that provides cell energy.
Ribosome
Serves as the site of protein synthesis.
Liposome
A spherical vesicle. Can be used to administrate nutrients.
Cellulose
Important structural part of the primary cell wall in green plants.
Fiber
Carbohydrate,that the human body can’t digest. Helps regulate body sugars.
Light cycle
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Dark cycle
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Calvin cycle
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Stroma
Animal tissue.
Starch
Carbohydrate with a large number of glucose units.
Glycogen
Multi polysaccharide of glucose that serves as energy storage in animals and fungi.
Thylakoid
Membrane bound compartment inside chloroplast. Sight of light dependent reactions of photosynthesis.
ATP ADP
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Chloroform
Organic compound. Colorless liquid.
Respiration
Set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products.