| 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 |
