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| adenosine triphosphate, an organic molecule that acts as the main energy source for cell processes; composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and three phosphate groups | ||
| organism that does not make its own food, it obtains energy from the foods it consumes; also called a consumer | ||
| organism that can capture energy from sunlight or chemicals and use it to produce its own food from inorganic compounds; also called a producer | ||
| process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches | ||
| light absorbing molecules | ||
| green pigment in plant chlorophyll that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis | ||
| A flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy to chemical energy. | ||
| in plants, the solution that surrounds the thylakoids in a chloroplast | ||
| one of the carrier molecules that transfers high-energy electrons from chlorophyll to other molecules |
