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Photosynthesis | process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to change water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugars, starches |
Cellular Respiration | process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |
Mitochondria | powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the iste of cellular respiration |
Stomata | small openings (pores) on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move |
Transpiration | release of excess water into the air through the stomata |
Chlorophyll | pigment that gives a plant its green color. Found int he chloroplasts, absorbs energy from the sun |
Chloroplast | organelle found in plants where photosynthesis takes place |
Oxygen | gas that is a product of photosynthesis |
Carbon Dioxide | gas that is a reactant of photosynthesis |
Leaf | the part of the plant where most photosynthesis takes place |
Light Energy | energy from the sun that is used by plants to fuel the process of photosynthesis (splits apart H2O molecule) |
Photosynthesis word equation | Carbon dioxide + Water + Light --> glucose and oxygen |
Glucose | the type of sugar made during photosynthesis; stores energy from the sun and is used by plants and animals as "food"; C6H12O6 |
Product | a substance that is formed by a chemical reaction |
Reactant | a substance that undergoes a chemical reaction to form something new |
Autotroph | an organism that makes its own food |
Heterotroph | an organism that cannot make its own food, and must get energy from other organisms |
Cellular Respiration word equation | Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon dioxide + Water + Energy |
ATP | Energy produced as a result of cellular respiration; adenosine triphosphate |
Anaerobic Respiration | does not use oxygen |
Aerobic Respiration | uses oxygen |
Fermentation | when oxygen is NOT present in anerobic cellular respiration |
Location of Photosynthesis | chloroplast |
Reactants of Photosynthesis | carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O), sunlight |
Products of Photosynthesis | glucose (C6H12O6) and oxygen (O2) |
Thylakoid | a flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy into chemical energy |
Stroma | fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoid |
Granum | stack of thylakoids |