Photosynthesis Vocab

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Chlorophyll

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Principal pigment of plants and photosynthetic organisms

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Stroma

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Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids

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Thylakoid

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Saclike photosynthetic membranes in chloroplasts

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Photosystem

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Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins in thylakoids

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ATP

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Compound used by cells to store and use energy.

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Autotroph

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Organism that captures sunlight energy to produce food from inorganic compounds.

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Stoma

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Small opening in plant leaves for gas exchange.

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Chemiosmosis

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Movement of ions across a membrane.

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Phosphorylation

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Chemical addition of a phosphate group to an organic molecule.

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Grana

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Stacks of thylakoids in the chloroplast.