Chap 8 Vocab

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Organism that captures energy from sunlight or chemicals to produce its own food.

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autotroph

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Organisms that obtain energy from consumed food

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heterotroph

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Saclike photosynthetic membrane in chloroplasts

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Thylakoid

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Reactions of photosynthesis using ATP and NADPH to build high-energy compounds like sugars.

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Calvin Cycle

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Process by which plants use light to convert water and CO2 into oxygen and food.

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Photosynthesis

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Plants gather sunlight with light-absorbing molecules called

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pigments

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Principal compound for energy storage in living things

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ATP

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Region outside thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts

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stroma

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Reactions using light energy to produce ATP and NADPH

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light dependent

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Another name for heterotroph

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Consumer