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| 2715659984 | Autotroph | an organism that is able to capture energy from the environment and store it in the chemical bonds of organic molecules |  | 0 |
| 2715660883 | Heterotroph | an organism that must acquire energy by consuming other organisms |  | 1 |
| 2715660884 | Photosynthesis | the chemical reaction that captures energy from sunlight and stores it in the chemical bonds of organic molecules |  | 2 |
| 2715661290 | Chemosynthesis | the chemical reaction that captures energy from environmental chemicals and stores it in the chemical bonds of organic molecules |  | 3 |
| 2715661535 | Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) | the energy-carrier molecule used to power cellular processes; stores energy in the chemical bonds between its three phosphate groups |  | 4 |
| 2715662188 | Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) | the energy-carrier molecule used to power cellular processes; stores energy in the chemical bonds between its two phosphate groups |  | 5 |
| 2715665106 | Cellular respiration | the chemical reaction used by living cells to release energy from organic molecules |  | 6 |
| 2715684856 | Stroma | the fluid interior of chloroplast |  | 7 |
| 2715684857 | Thylakoids | the interconnected disk-shaped pouches in chloroplast |  | 8 |
| 2715685165 | Granum | a group of thylakoids |  | 9 |
| 2715685166 | Light-dependent reactions | the phase of photosynthesis in which sunlight is converted to chemical energy and oxygen is released |  | 10 |
| 2715685973 | Light-independent reactions | the phase of photosynthesis in which a three-carbon sugar is formed |  | 11 |
| 2715685974 | Photosystem II | the phase of light-dependent reaction in which sunlight energy excites electrons and an enzyme splits water into hydrogen ions, oxygen molecules, and free electrons |  | 12 |
| 2715686760 | Electron transport chain | a series of molecules within the thylakoid that moves energized electrons from photosystem II to photosystem I |  | 13 |
| 2715686761 | Photosystem I | the phase of light-dependent reaction in which the energy carrier NADP+ is reduced to NADPH | | 14 |
| 2715687717 | NADPH | the energy-carrier molecule |  | 15 |
| 2715687915 | Calvin cycle | the series of steps during the light-independent reaction of photosynthesis in which a three-carbon sugar is formed |  | 16 |
