Unit 4: Photosynthesis Vocabulary

Organelle found in plants where photosynthesis takes place.

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• golgi body

Pigment that gives plants their green color; captures light energy by splitting water during photosynthesis.

• chlorophyll

• chloroplast

• stroma

• thylakoids

Space that surrounds the thylakoids in the chloroplasts of plants; where the Calvin cycle takes place.

• thylakoids

• cytoplasm

• endoplasmic reticulum

• stroma

Disc-shaped sacs in the stroma of chloroplasts where the light reactions of photosynthesis takes place

• stroma

• chlorophyll

• chloroplasts

• thylakoids

Chemical reactions that convert the sun's energy to chemical energy and takes place in the thylakoids of a chloroplast.

• cellular respiration

• light reactions

• combustion reactions

• Youtube reactions

Chemical reactions in plants that convert carbon dioxide into high energy sugars.

• light reactions

• glycolysis

• Calvin Cycle

• oxidative phosphorylation

Process by which atmospheric gasses trap heat close to the Earth's surface.

• Greenhouse effect

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• global warming

Process by which organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into high energy sugars

• cellular respiration

• digestion

• photosynthesis

• decomposition

Organism that makes its own food; self-feeder.

(hint more than one may apply!)

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• producer

• consumer

Organism that cannot make its own food

(hint more than one may apply!)

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• producer

• consumer