Unit 4 Vocab

Question 1

all of the chemical reactions that occur within and organism

Answer 1

metabolism

Question 2

ability to do work; energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transformed

Answer 2

energy

Question 3

in chloroplasts, one of the stacked, flattened, pigment-containing membranes in which light-dependent reactions occur

Answer 3

thylakoid

Question 4

fluid-filled space outside the grand in which light-dependent reactions take place

Answer 4

stroma

Question 5

light-absorbing colored molecule, such as chlorophyll and carotenoid, in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts

Answer 5

pigment

Question 6

in photosynthesis, the major electron carrier involved in electron transport

Answer 6

NADP+

Question 7

enzyme that converts inorganic carbon dioxide molecules into organic molecules during the final step of the Calvin cycle

Answer 7

rubisco

Question 8

metabolic process that does not require oxygen

Answer 8

anaerobic process

Question 9

a metabolic process that requires oxygen

Answer 9

aerobic process

Question 10

process in which NAD+ is regenerated, allowing cells to maintain glycolysis in the absence of oxygen

Answer 10

fermentation