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| an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms. |
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| an organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs. |
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| a green pigment that is present in most plant cells, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that reacts with sunlight, carbon dixiode, and water to form carbohydrates. |
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| the production of carbohydrates through the use of engery from inorganic molecules instead of light. |
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| a class of pigments that are present in the Thylakoid membrane of plants and that aid in photosynthesis. |
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| a series of molecules, found in the inner membranes of mitochondria and chloroplasts, through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build up on one side of the membrane. |
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| a stack of thylakoids in a choroplast |
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| an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their byproducts and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials. |
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| the initial reactions in photosynthesis, which are triggered by the absorption of light by photosystems I and II and include the passage of electrons along the electron transport chains, the production of NADPH and oxygen gas, and the synthesis of ATP through chemiosmosis. |
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| a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color. |
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| the process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dixiode, and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen. |
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| in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts, a cluster of chlorophyll and other pigment molecules that harvest light energy for the light reactions of photosynthesis. |
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| Primary Electron Acceptor |
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| In chloroplasts, an acceptor of electrons lost from chlorophyll a; found in the thylakoid membrane. |
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| in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast. |
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| a membrane system found within chloroplast that contain the components for photosynthesis. |
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