Terms | Reactions of Photosynthesis 1 | Reactions of Photosynthesis 2 | Previous Test Material | Organelles |
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What is an atom?
A particle known as the smallest unit of a chemical element (or matter)
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What is chlorophyll?
Pigment making plants green
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What is the stroma?
Where the Calvin cycle takes place
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What is homeostasis?
Common term in Biology referring to balance of conditions
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What are prokaryotic cells?
Cells lacking membrane-bound organelles
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What is an autotroph?
Organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer
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What are light and water?
Components that come into the chloroplasts & go into the light-dependent reactions
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What is the light-independent (dark) reactions?
Another name for the Calvin cycle
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What is carbon?
Element present in all living things
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What is the nucleus?
Organelle in which DNA is located
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What are stomata?
Openings in the underside of a leaf that allow carbon dioxide and oxygen to diffuse into and out of the leaf
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What is sugar (glucose)?
Material produced by Calvin cycle that leaves the chloroplast
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What is oxygen?
Material produced by the light-dependent reactions that leaves the chloroplast
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What is an element?
A substance consisting of only one type of atom
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What is the cell membrane?
Cell part to which skin can be compared in regards to function
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What is cell specialization?
The process in which cells develop in different ways to perform different tasks
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What is carbon dioxide?
Component that comes into the chloroplast and goes into the Calvin cycle
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What are thylakoids?
Flattened sac structures in which the light-dependent reactions take place
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What is a solute?
A dissolved substance
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What is the chloroplast?
Organelle in which photosynthesis takes place
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What is fermentation (or glycolysis)?
Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen
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What are NADP+ and ADP?
Materials produced from the Calvin cycle that cycle back to help fuel the light reactions
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What are ATP & NADPH?
Materials produced from the light-dependent reactions and used to fuel the Calvin cycle
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What are carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, & proteins?
Four groups of substances making up most living things
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What is the mitochondria?
Comparable organelle to chloroplast in which cellular respiration takes place
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