A | B |
Photosystem II | Generates ATP |
Photosystem I | Generates NADPH |
autotroph | Organisms with the ability to create its own food |
heterotroph | Organisms that must consume food for nutrition |
photosynthesis | Process by which plants utilize light energy to create carbohydrates |
pigments | Light energy absorbing compounds |
chlorophyll | Plant's primary light absorbing compound. |
thylakoids | Saclike membranes that contain chlorophyll. |
grana | Stacks of thylakoids. |
stroma | Area inside chloroplasts inner membrane. |
Calvin Cycle | C3 cycle--Generates glucose |
CAM Plants | Separates carbon fixation and glucose synthesis by time. |
C4 Plants | Separates carbon fixation and glucose synthesis by space. |
carbon fixation | Process that extracts CO2 from atmosphere. |
RuBP | Fixes carbon the C3 cycle. |
PEP | Fixes carbon in the C4 cycle. |
glucose | 6 carbon carbohydrate produced by the C3 cycle. |
malate | Compound passed from mesophyll to bundle sheath cells |