bio lab final Flashcards
cellular respiration
release of energy from glucose to synthesize ATP
aerobic respiration requires _______ and releases ________
O2; CO2
3 phases of cellular respiration + where they occur
- glycolysis - occurs in cytoplasm
- citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) - occurs in mitochondrial matrix
- electron transport chain - occurs in inner membrane of mitochondria
ethanol fermentation (aka anaerobic respiration)
- takes place in the cytoplasm of cell
- in yeasts, pyruvate is reduced to ethyl alcohol by fermentation and CO2
other not bolded info:
- fermentation yields only 2 ATP molecules and does not require O2
- glucose is partially broken down, therefore, most of the potential energy stored in glucose has not been released
sequence for fermentation (anaerobic respiration)
glucose –> glycolysis –> pyruvate –> CO2, lactate, or ethanol
photosynthesis description
- converts solar energy into chemical energy of carbohydrates
- CO2 and H2O diffuse into cells and enter chloroplast organelles
- during light reactions, pigments within thylakoid membranes absorb solar energy, water is split and oxygen released
reactants and products of photosynthesis (the equation)
6CO2 + 6H2O –> C6H12O6 + 6O2
how did we test the hypothesis that leaves contain various pigments that absorb solar energy of different colors of light?
- used chromatography to separate pigments located in leaves
how does chromatography work?
- separates molecules from each other on basis of their solubility in particular solvents
- solvents are nonpolar- as nonpolar solvent moves up chromatography paper, the pigment moves along with it
- the more nonpolar a pigment, the more soluble it is in a nonpolar solvent and faster and further it proceeds up chromatography paper
what colors does chlorophyll absorb and what colors does it reflect?
chlorophylls absorb predominantly violet-blue and orange-red light and reflect green light
(why plants are green)
mitosis vs meiosis (definition)
mitosis: occurs in somatic cells (body cells that undergo cell division continuously to replace dead and damaged cells
- ex. fat cells, skin cells, blood cells, etc.
meiosis: process by which sex cells (gametes) are produced in organism that require sexual reproduction
- male gonads (testes) produce sperm (male gametes)
- female gonads (ovaries) produce oocytes (female gametes)
the process of mitosis duplicates and divides 2 cells _________
equally
stages of the cell cycle
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interphase - divided into 3 stages:
- G1 (stage before DNA synthesis)
- S (DNA synthesis)
- G2 (stage after DNA synthesis)
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mitotic stage:
- mitosis: division of the nucleus
- cytokinesis: division of the cytoplasm
what happens in the S phase
DNA replication (synthesis) occurs
- after DNA replication, each chromosomes has gone from 1 DNA molecule to 2 DNA molecules, called sister chromatids
where are sister chromatids held together?
at a centromere
other info:
- creates a short arm and a long arm at the chromatid