Modern Biology Chapter 6

Notes from chapter 6 of modern biology by Holt, Rhinehart and Winston

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Autotrophs
"Self-feeding" use photosynthesis or chemisynthesis to make their own energy
Heterotrophs
"Different Feeding" Must consume other organisms for energy
Photosynthesis
The process by which autotrophs convert light energy to chemical energy to be stored
Equation for photosynthesis
6CO2+6H2O → C6H12O6+6O2
Biochemical Pathway
A series of reactions that are linked and repeated
Visible Spectrum
All the colors found in white light
Chloroplast structure
Double membrane, Stroma, Grana-thylakoids-lumen
Stroma
Protein-rich solution surrounding the grana
Grana
Stacks of thylakoid
Thylakoids
Flattened photosynthetic sacs
Lumen
Internal reservoir of the thylakoid
Pigment
A light absorbing compound
Accessory pigments
Pigments that trap other wavelengths of light and pass into chlorophyll molecules, allowing more efficient use of light
Light Reaction
Occurs on the thylakoid membrane
Calvin Cycle
Occurs in the stroma