Energy Processes: Photosynthesis & Respiration

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Photosynthesis

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Process by which plants make food using sunlight, CO2, and water.

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Cellular Respiration

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Process of breaking down glucose to release energy.

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ATP

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Adenosine Triphosphate, energy currency of the cell.

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Chlorophyll

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Green pigment in plants that absorbs light for photosynthesis.

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Mitochondria

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Organelle where cellular respiration occurs.

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Glucose

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Simple sugar produced in photosynthesis.

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Oxygen in Photosynthesis

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Byproduct released into the air.

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Carbon Dioxide in Cellular Respiration

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Waste product exhaled by organisms.

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Light-dependent Reactions

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First stage of photosynthesis, occurs in thylakoid membranes.

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Calvin Cycle

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Second stage of photosynthesis, occurs in the stroma.