9th Biology - Photosynthesis vocab

the process by which plants, algae and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce carbs and oxygen

an organism that produces its own nutrients from inorganic substances or from the environment instead of consuming other organisms

an organism that obtains organic food molecules by eating other organisms or their by-products and that cannot synthesize organic compounds from inorganic materials

a substance that gives another substance or a mixture its color

a green pigment that is present in most plant cells, that gives plants their characteristic green color, and that reacts with sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to form carbs

a series of molecules found in the inner membrane of mitochondria and chloroplasts through which electrons pass in a process that causes protons to build upon one side of the membrane

the transfer of carbon dioxide to organic compounds

one of many openings in a leaf that enable gas exchange to occur

fluid inside the chlorpolast

cycle that uses ATP and NADPH from the light- dependent reactions to produce high-energy sugarsCalvin Cycle