Lesson 4 Terms Flashcards
Autotroph
producers: organisms that make their own food
Calvin Cycle
The process by which the plant produces glucose for food
Chlorophyll
a green pigment responsible for absorbing light, found in clusters in the thylakoid membrane
Consumers
Consumers
organisms which depend on other organisms for their food
Electron transport chain
The electron transport chain is a series of electron transporters in the inner mitochondrial membrane that shuttles electrons from NADH and FADH2 to molecular oxygen.
Energy
the capacity for doing work.
Grana
stacks of thylakoids
Heterotroph
consumers: organisms which depend on other organisms for their food
Light-dependent phase
Light-dependent phase
the first phase of photosynthesis; the process by which plants convert energy from sunlight into ATP
Producers
Producers
organisms that make their own food
Stroma
a fluid-filled area around the grana
Thylakoids
specialized disks inside chloroplasts
