Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flashcards
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______ is a lower-energy molecule that can be converted into ATP by the addition of a phosphate group .
ADP
_______ is a molecule that transfers energy from the break-down of food molecules to cell processes .
ATP
_________ is a process by which some organisms use chemical energy instead of light energy to make energy sharing carbon-based molecules .
Chemosynthesis
______ is a process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugars that store chemical energy .
Photosynthesis
_______ is a molecule in chloroplasts that absorbs some of the energy in visible light
Chlorophyll
________ are stacks of coin shaped membrane enclosed compartments
Thylakoids
________ captures energy from sunlight
Light dependent reaction
______ uses energy from the light dependent reactions to make sugars
Light-independent reactions
A _______ is where energy is captured and transferred in the thylakoid membrane’s by two groups of molecules
Photosystem
_______ is a series of proteins in the membrane of the Thylakoids
Electron transport chain
______ is a complex Enzyme
ATP synthase
The ______ uses carbon dioxide gas from the atmosphere and the energy carried by ATP and NADPH to make simple sugars
Calvin cycle
________ releases chemical energy from sugars and other carbon-based molecules to make ATP when oxygen is present
Cellular respiration
______ means needing oxygen to take place
Aerobic
______ splits glucose into two three -carbon molecules and makes two molecules of ATP
Glycolysis
_______ means not needing oxygen to take place
Anaerobic
The ________ produces molecules that carry energy to the second part of cellular respiration
Krebs cycle
________ Does not make ATP but it allows glycolysis to continue
Fermentation
________ Causes your muscles to burn during hard exercise
Lactic acid
