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Photosynthesis (Chapter 8)

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NADP+ is a _____ molecule that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules.
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The fluid portion of the chloroplast is the ______.
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A heterotroph is an organism that obtains food by _____ other organisms.
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The C4 pathway enables photosynthesis to keep working under intense light and ____ temperature.
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Plants gather the sun's energy with light-absorbing molecules called ______.
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______ dioxide molecules enter the Calvin cycle from the atmosphere.
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The plant's principal pigment is _______.
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_______ plants admit air into their leaves only at night.
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The process of using sunlight to produce carbohydrates is called ______.
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The Calvin cycle uses ____ molecules of carbon dioxide to produce a single _____ carbon sugar (same word in both blanks).
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ATP can easily release and store energy by breaking and forming the bonds between its _____ groups.
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As plants remove electrons from water ______ is left behind and released into the air.
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If you increase the intensity of light, the rate of photosynthesis will _____ and then level off.
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The Calvin cycle takes place in the ______.
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The leaves of a plant look green because they _____ green light.
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Organisms that make their own food are _______.
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As it rotates, ATP ______ binds ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP.
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Chlorophyll absorbs light very well in the blue-violet and _____ region of the visible spectrum.
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C4 organism include important crop plants like corn, sugar ______ and sorghum.
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The light-independent reactions are commonly known as the ____ cycle.
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Sac-like photosynthesis membrane found in the chloroplast.
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Thylakoids are arranged in stacks known as ______.
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Thlakoids contain clusters of chlorophyll and proteins know as ___________.
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Light absorbed by photosystem 2 produces high energy _______.
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A compound used by cells to store and release energy.
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Photosystem 1 and 2 are found in the thylakoid _______.
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During the light-independent reactions, ATP and NADPH are used to produce high-energy _____.
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The three parts of ATP are adenine, _______ and 3-phosphate groups.
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Photosystem 1 produces ________.
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CAM plants include pineapple, many deserts ________, and fleshy ice plants.
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The reactants of photosynthesis are ____ and carbon dioxide.