Vocabulary List
- Chloroplast: A term used to describe the phenomenon whereby chloroplasts are sequestered and temporarily used by a host organism
- Kleptoplasty: A term used to describe the phenomenon whereby chloroplasts are sequestered and temporarily used by a host organism
- Autotroph: Literally means “self-feeding,” a “producer” that produces complex organic compounds through either the process of photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
- Heterotroph: An organism that cannot synthesize its own food and must ingest complex organic substances for nutrition