Cell Energy Vocab

Front

What are the organelles found in plant cells where photosynthesis takes place?

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Chloroplasts

Front

What is the water-based fluid region outside of the thylakoid membranes where the Calvin cycle occurs?

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Stroma

Front

What are organisms called that use energy directly from the sun to produce glucose?

Back

Autotrophs

Front

What term describes organisms that obtain energy by consuming plants and other animals?

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Heterotrophs

Front

What is the term for the chemical reactions that occur in a cell to maintain life?

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Metabolism

Front

What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?

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Photosynthesis

Front

What is the primary pigment found in chloroplasts that absorbs sunlight?

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Chlorophyll

Front

What is the name of the process that occurs in mitochondria to produce ATP?

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Cellular respiration

Front

What is the term for the cycle that takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts?

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Calvin cycle

Front

What are the two main types of autotrophs?

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Photoautotrophs and Chemoautotrophs