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Lys, lysis

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Dissolution, destruction

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Logos, logy

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The study of

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Mikros, micro

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Small

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Mono

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One, single

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Morphe

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Form, shape

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Neuro

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Nerve

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Oo

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Beginning, egg

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Ovum, ovi

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Egg

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8
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Plastid

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Photosynthetic organelle in plants, used for storage

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Photosynthesis

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Process of organelles using energy from sunlight to synthesize food

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Photon

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Unit of light energy

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Photolysis

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The splitting of water in a light reaction

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Chloroplast

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Organelle that converts sunlight into chemical energy

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Chlorophyll

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Pigment that captures light energy

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Autotroph

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Organism that can produce its own food from obtaining energy

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Heterotroph

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Organism that cannot produce its own food but obtains energy from the food It eats

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Light reaction

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Reactions of photosynthesis that requires light

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Dark reaction

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Reactions of photosynthesis that do not require light but use energy produced and stored during light reactions to make glucose

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Glucose

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a product of photosynthesis that can be broken down for energy

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19
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ATP

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Energy for the cell

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Grana

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Structures within the mitochondria that contain fat, protein, and chlorophyll

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Thylakoid

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Each individual discs that make up the Grana

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Lamella

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Membranes that make up the Grana

Layers of protein and fat with chlorophyll between them

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Stroma

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A fluid substance that fills the remaining space within chloroplasts

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Light

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Form of electromagnetic energy that travels through space in the form of waves

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Wavelength

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How much energy is in a certain color of light

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Photo system

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Cluster of pigment molecules within a photosynthetic membrane

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Pigment

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Colored substance that absorbs or reflects light

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Calvin cycle

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The cycle of dark reactions in photosynthesis

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PGAL

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Works with energy to make carbon fixation happen

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NADP

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Coenzyme in the light reaction the picks up H2

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NADPH2

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Being delivered to dark reaction

32
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Carbon fixation

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Making of organic compounds from carbon and hydrogen

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Cellular respiration

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Release of chemical energy from the cell

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Mitochondrion

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Where glucose is oxidized

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Christa

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Increases the surface area of the mitochondria

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Matrix

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Where the organic compounds are oxidized

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Calorie

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Unit of heat that raises the temperature of water by 1 degree Celsius

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ADP

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Makes ATP by adding a phosphate group

39
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Aerobic

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Any process that requires oxygen

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Pyruvic

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Compound which glucose is broken down into

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Anaerobic

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Any process that doesn’t require oxygen

42
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NAD+

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Hydrogen acceptor

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NADH

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Hydrogen donor

44
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FAD

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Hydrogen acceptor

45
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FADH2

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Hydrogen donor

46
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Lactic acid fermentation

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Fermentation that produces lactic acid

47
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Alcoholic fermentation

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Fermentation the produces alcohol

48
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Citric acid cycle

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Same as Krebs cycle

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