| A | B |
|---|
| photosynthesis | process plants use to convert light energy to chemical energy (food) |
| metabolism | use of energy by organisms |
| ATP | Adenine triphosphate |
| ADP | Adenine diphosphate |
| autotroph | organism that makes it own energy |
| heterotroph | organism that consumes energy (food) |
| producer | another name for autotroph |
| consumer | another name for heterotroph |
| reactants | carbon dioxide and water |
| products | glucose and oxygen |
| chloroplasts | where photosynthesis takes place in the plant leaves |
| thylakoids | sac-like membranes inside the chloroplast that contain pigments to absorb light |
| carotene | orange and brown pigment located in the chloroplast |
| chlorophyll | green pigment located in the chloroplast |
| granum | a stack of thylakoids |
| stroma | the fluid outside the thylakoid (inside the chloroplast) |
| Calvin Cycle | takes place inside the stroma . Also known as the light-independent reaction |
| synthesis | to make or put things together |
| glucose | A product of photosynthesis (sugar) |
| carbon dioxide | a reactant of photosynthesis that plants take in |
| oxygen | a product of photosynthsis that humans need to live |
