Photosynthesis and Light Vocab Flashcards
1
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Photosynthesis
A
process in which green plants convert light energy into usable energy
2
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Autotroph
A
an organism capable of making its own food
3
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Heterotroph
A
an organism that must consume others for food
4
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Photoautotroph
A
organisms that use light energy to produce energy to produce food
5
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Chemoautotrophs
A
organisms that use chemical compounds to produce
6
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Ultraviolet light
A
very short light waves that cannot be seen by the human eye
7
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Infrared light
A
longer heat waves that humans cannot see, but can feel them as heat
8
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Visible light
A
color spectrum that humans can see
9
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Color spectrum
A
made up of different wavelengths of color
10
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Pigment
A
substances that absorb the different color wavelengths
