1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS VOCAB REVIEW

2. Protein molecule that speeds up chemical reactions in living things
Molecules that interact in a chemical reaction that are written on the left side of a chemical equation
Protein molecule that speeds up chemical reactions in living things
reactants
enzyme

3. An organism that CAN’T make its own food and must get its energy from consuming other organisms
Set of chemical reactions in which the product of one reaction goes on to be the reactant in the next reaction
heterotroph
Biochemical pathway

4. Reactions of photosynthesis that use light energy to produce ATP and NADPH
Large enzyme in the thylakoid membrane that uses energy from H+ ions to join ADP and a phosphate group to make ATP
Light-dependent reactions
ATP synthase

5. Membrane sacs which stack to make grana
Light absorbing molecule like chlorophyll that captures energy from the sun
Membrane sacs which stack to make grana
Pigment
thylakoids

6. An organism like a green plant that can make its own food
Molecule made of deoxyribose, adenine, and 3 phosphates used by living things to store and release energy
AUTOTROPH
ATP

7. Pigments that are yellow or orange not green
Clusters of light collecting
proteins found in the thylakoid
membrane
Space surrounding the thylakoids
inside a chloroplast
carotenoids
photosystems
stroma

8. Stack of thylakoid membranes
Process by which plants and some other organisms use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2) and high energy carbohydrates
Stack of thylakoid membranes
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
GRANUM (pl. GRANA)

9. The change in shape of a protein at extremes of temperature or pH
6 carbon sugar molecule that is
the product of photosynthesis and the main fuel burned by cells
denaturing
glucose

10. Negatively charge particle found circling the nucleus of an atom
Reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high energy sugar molecules
Negatively charge particle found circling the nucleus of an atom
Calvin cycle
electron

11. Positively charged particle found in the nucleus of an atom
Cell organelle containing thylakoid stacks where photosynthesis happens
proton
chloroplast

12. Portion of the radiation spectrum used by plants for photosynthesis
VISIBLE LIGHT

13. Particle without an electric charge
found in the nucleus of a atom
Atoms that have gained or lost electrons so they have an electric charge
Movement of molecules from higher concentration to lower concentration until equilibrium is reached
neutron
IONS
diffusion

14. Molecules that are produced during a chemical reaction that are written on the right side of a chemical equation
High energy electron carrier which receives electrons and H+ ions when water splits during the light dependent reaction
products
NADP+

15. Difference in concentration in one place compared to another
Group of membrane proteins that transfers electrons between Photosystem II and I during the light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis
Concentration gradient
ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN

16. Complex carbohydrate (like glycogen, starch, or cellulose) made by joining MANY sugars together
Cell organelle containing thylakoid stacks where photosynthesis happens
polysaccharide
chloroplast