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Biology Test 1

8 cards·by themuffinman
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Photosystem
Light collecting units of the chloroplasts.
Thylakoid
Sacklike, photosynthetic membrane found in chloroplasts.
Chlorophyll
A principle pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms, captures light energy.
Pigment
A light absorbing molecule.
Photosynthesis
Process by which some plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and high energy carbohydrates.
Adenosine Triphosphate
One of the priciple chemical compunds that living things use to store and release energy.
Stroma
Region outside of the Thylakoid membrane in the chloroplast.
NADP+
One of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules.