A | B |
ENERGY | THE ABILITY TO DO WORK |
THERMODYNAMICS | THE STUDY OF THE FLOW AND TRANSFORMATION OF ENERGY |
METABOLISM | ALL OF THE CHEMICAL REACTIONS IN A CELL |
PHOTOSYNTHESIS | THE ANABOLIC PATHWAY IN WHICH LIGHT ENERGY FROM THE SUN IS CONVERTED TO CHEMICAL ENERGY |
CELLULAR RESPRIATION | THE CATABOLIC PATHWAY IN WHICH ORGANIC MOLECULES ARE BROKEN DOWN TO RELEASE ENERGY |
ATP | THE MOST IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL THAT PROVIDES CHEMICAL ENERGY |
CHEMOAUTOTROPHS | USE INORGANIC SUBSTANCES AS A SOURCE OF ENERGY |
AUTOTROPHS | ORGANISMS THAT MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD |
PHOTOAUTOTROPHS | ORGANISMS THAT CONVERT ENERGY FROM THE SUN |
THYLAKOID | FLATTENED SAC-LIKE MEMBRANES THAT ARE ARRANGED IN STACKS |
GRANUM | STACKS OF THYLAKOIDS |
STROMA | FLUID-FILLED SPACE OUTSIDE THE GRANA |
PIGMENT | LIGHT-ABSORBING MOLECULES |
NADP+ | AN ELECTRON CARRIER IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS |
CALVIN CYCLE | SECOND PHASE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS: WHERE GLUCOSE IS FORMED |
RUBISCO | AN ENZYME IN THE CALVIN CYCLE |
ANAEROBIC | WITHOUT OXYGEN |
AEROBIC | WITH OXYGEN |
GLYCOLYSIS | FIRST STAGE OF CELLULAR RESPRIATION: GLUCOSE IS BROKEN DOWN INTO PYRUVATE |
KREBS CYCLE | SECOND STAGE OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION |
FERMENTATION | REGENERATES THE CELL'S SUPPLY OF NADH IN THE ABSENCE OF OXYGEN |