Bio 8 Flashcards
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How does energy flow starting from the sun
sunlight- (photosynthesis) - autotroph - (cellular respiration) - heterotroph
Photosynthesis
The process by which light energy is converted to chemical energy and then used to convert inorganic to organic materials
Cellular Respiration
A metabolic process by which living organisms harvest the energy in food molecules.
-NOT BREATHING
ATP
Adosine triphosphate
ADP
Adosine Diphosphate
What is ATP and ADP made of
ATP- Adosine base, ribose sugar, three phosphate group
ADP- Adosine base, ribose sugar, two phosphate group
ATP versus ADP
ATP has three phosphate groups, by adding a phosphate group to ADP cells assemble ATP
How does ATP store energy?
Because all three phosphates are negatively charged, a lot of potential energy in the third phosphate wanting to break apart.
When is ATP made?
Constantly, ATP is constantly being assembled and released in a constant cycle, we learned about it during light dependent reactions
Can ATP store energy for long amounts of time?
NO! it stores energy for very short amounts of time, to KEEP a lot of energy stored plants use:
GLUCOSE
Does ADP store energy?
Yes, but the amount of energy needed to release the energy is so much that the energy stored is really not worth anything
How can energy be released?
By breaking chemical bonds
EX: to release energy in ATP, break the bond between 2nd and 3rd phosphate
What can energy from ATP be used for?
- carry out active transport
- synthesis of proteins/nucleic acids
What is the Photosynthesis equation
6CO2+6H2O => C6H12O6 + 6O2
=> is light energy from the sun gained by chlorophyll
How does inorganic materials become high energy organic materials?
the help of light energy
Van Helmont?
-1643- experiment- start of photosynthesis investigation
FINDINGS: Plants gain mass from water
What was van Helmont’s experiment
- weigh a pot of soil and seeds
- water plant and care for it for 5 years
- weigh again- GAINED MASS, not from soil, must be from water
Priestley & Experiment
step 1- fire needs oxygen to burn (candle in glass jar)
step 2- put plant in jar, plants give off oxygen
(1771, finds out plants give off oxygen)
Jan Ingenhausz
(1779- finds out plants need sun)
step 1- water plants in light- bubbles
step 2- water plants out of light- no bubbles
Where did the parts of the photosynthesis come from?
H2O(van Helmont) + CO2 (Calvin)+ sun(Ingenhausz) = O6H12C6(Helmont) + O2 (Priestely)
What are the two main parts of photosynthesis
-light independent- when glucose is actually assembled- CALVIN CYCLE
-light dependent- FIRST PART
What are the parts of light dependent reactions (in photosynthesis)
1, pigments in PS2 absorb light and transfer energy to electrons
2. electrons move to PS1 through electron carriers using energy from electrons
3. pigments in PS1 give more energy to electrons which is then used with H+ to change NADP+ to NADPH
4. thykaloid is positively charged, H+ moves through ATP synthase to change ADP to ATP
what is PS2 and PS1
PS2 is photosystem 2, and the first step of the light independent reactions in photosynthesis, PS1 was discovered first but is the second step.
How do pigments absorb light energy?
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