Vocab Flashcards
A lower-energy molecule that can be converted into ATP by the addition of a phosphate group
ADP
A process by which some organisms use chemical energy instead of light energy to make energy-storing carbon-based molecules
Chemosynthesis
A process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugars that store chemical energy
Photosynthesis
A molecule in chloroplasts that absorbs some of the energy in visible light
Chlorophyll
Membrane-enclosed compartments in chloroplast
Thylakoids
Capture energy from sunlight
Light-dependent reactions
Use energy from the light-dependent reactions to make sugars
Light-independent reaction
Two groups of molecules located in the thylakoids
Photosystems
A series of proteins in the membrane of the thylakoids
Electron transport chain
Enzyme that catalyzes the reaction that adds a high-energy phosphate group ADP to form ATP
ATP synthase
Chemical reactions that use carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and the energy carried by ATP and NADPH to make simple sugars
Calvin cycle
Releases chemical energy from sugars and other carbon-based molecules to make ATP when oxygen is present
Cellular respiration
Needs oxygen to take place
Aerobic
Does not need oxygen to take place
Anaerobic
Produces molecules that carry energy to the second part of cellular respiration
Krebs cycle
