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Flashcards by Matshidiso Molete, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Matshidiso Molete
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| photosynthesis | the process that occurs in all green plants to make food |
| pigment | a substance that has a colour |
| enzyme | a protein that speeds up chemical reactions without being changed itself |
| anabolic process | a chemical reaction that occurs when small, simple molecules are built up inti large, compkex molecules |
| synthesise | to form a complex substance from simpler substances |
| cellular respiration | procesw during which cells break up Glucose molecules to release energy that the cells can use |
| catalyse | make reactions happen faster |
| optimum | temperature at which something works best |
| denature | to change the structure of proteins such as enzymes irreversibly |
| light phase | the light dependent stage of photosynthesis that occurs in the grana of chloroplasts |
| dark phase | the light independent stage of photosynthesis that occurs in the stroma of chloroplasts |
| ATP | an important energy carrier in the cell |
| stroma | the liquid inside chloroplasts |
| limiting factors | the factors that limit the speed or rate of a process |
| productivity | in a plant this refers to how much extra dry mass it gains over a period of time |
| phosphorylation | to add a phosphate group to a molecule |
| Dephosphorylation | to remove a phosphate group from a molecule |
| bioluminescence | tha ability of a living organism to produce light thorugh a chemical reaction |
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