BI 101 Key Concepts for Photosynthesis (Ch 5) and Respiration (Ch 6) Summer 2008

Know the examples given for the importance of photosynthesis.

Key Terms:

Melvin Calvin

autotrophic

heterotrophic

mitochondria

chloroplast

carbon fixation

metabolism

electron transfer chain

electron transfer phosphorylation (=electron transfer chain)

electron carriers

NADH, FADH2

glycolysis

Krebs cycle

Calvin-Benson cycle

light dependent reactions

light independent reactions

cellular respiration

chemosynthesis

photosynthesis

photoautotrophic

pyruvate

ATP

lactate

ethanol

adenosine triphosphate

glucose 

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