| A | B |
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| photosynthesis | process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food |
| chlorophyll | a green pigment that absorbs light energy |
| cellular respiration | process by which plants break down glucose and other food molecules to get energy |
| stoma | an opening in the leaf's epidermis |
| transpiration | loss of water from leaves in the form of water vapor |
| chloroplasts | absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide |
| stomata | pores on the leaf where oxygen and carbon dioxide enters |
| stroma | fluid of the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoid membrane |
| thyladkoids | flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy to chemical energy |
| NADPH | transports electrons from light reactions to the calvin cycle |
| autotrophs | organisms that are able to make their own food |
| heterotophs | organisms that gets its energy ( organic food molecules) by consuming other organisms |
