Chloroplast - The plant cell structure where photosynthesis occurs, Thylakoids - Disc-like structures within a chloroplast that help absorb light, grana - Stacks of thylakoids in a chloroplast, Chlorophyll - A pigment found in the thylakoid that absorbs light energy and uses it to produce carbohydrates, Stroma - Fluid-filled space surrounding the grana, Photoautotroph - An organism that produces its own food using light energy (like plants), ATP - Adenosine triphosphate, the primary energy carrier in living things, absorption spectrum - the specific pattern of absorption for a substance that absorbs electromagnetic radiation, autotroph - an organism capable of producing its own food, calvin cycle - the reactions of photosynthesis that use the energy stored by the light-dependent reactions to form glucose and other carbohydrate molecules, carbon fixation - process of converting inorganic CO2 gas into organic compounds, chlorophyll a - the form of chlorophyll that absorbs violet-blue and red light, chlorophyll b - the form of chlorophyll that absorbs blue and red-orange light, electromagnetic spectrum - the range of all possible frequencies of radiation, granum - a stack of thylakoids located inside a chloroplast, heterotroph - an organism that consumes other organisms for food, light-dependent reaction - the first stage of photosynthesis where visible light is absorbed to form two energy-carrying molecules (ATP and NADPH), mesophyll - the middle layer of cells in a leaf, photon - a distinct quantity of "packet" of light energy, photosystem - a group of proteins, chlorophyll, and other pigments that are used in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis to absorb light energy and convert it into chemical energy, pigment - a molecule that is capable of absorbing light and energy-- and gives a specific color to cells, Paper Chromatography - a technique using a solvent to separate mixtures of compounds onto fiber paper, stomata - where C02 enters the leaf, vein - where/how water travels to the leaf in a plant,

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