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| biochemical pathway | a series of reactions in which the products of one reaction become the reactants of another reaction |
| stroma | the fluid that surrounds the granum within a chloroplast. Site of the calvin cycle. |
| chloroplast | cell structure important for photosynthesis |
| photosynthesis | process used by autotrophs to caputer light energy and change it into chemical energy stored in the bonds of sugars |
| grana | stacks of thylakoids within a chloroplast |
| chlorophyll | pigment molecule responsible for absorbing light for photosynthesis |
| light reactions | first part of photosynthesis, in these reactions oxygen is created as a byproduct |
| calvin cycle | the second part of photosynthese, in these reactions CO2 is fixed into sugar molecules |
| thylakoid | thin membrane sacs where the first stage of photosynthesis takes place. |
| stomata | an opening within the leaf that allows carbon dioxide in and oxygen out |
