FINAL photosynthesis/energy

Question 1

sunlight arrives at a plant in units of energy called

Answer 1

photons

Question 2

why are plants green

Answer 2

reflect green wavelengths of light

Question 3

stroma

Answer 3

central fluid filled space containing DNA RNA ribosomes of chloroplast

Question 4

grana

Answer 4

stack of thylakoid membrane structures

Question 5

what part of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for photosynthesis

Answer 5

visible light

Question 6

where do light dependent reactions occur

Answer 6

thylakoid membrane

Question 7

products of the light reactions of photosynthesis

Answer 7

NADPH ATP O2

Question 8

products of dark reaction of photosynthesis

Answer 8

organic molecules

Question 9

first law of thermodynamics

Answer 9

energy is neither created nor destroyed

Question 10

second law of thermodynamics

Answer 10

energy is partly lost as heat in the process of recycling

Question 11

wavelengths of visible light

Answer 11

380-720 nm

Question 12

C3 plants

Answer 12

cant store, 3 carbon atoms

Question 13

C4 plants

Answer 13

store CO2 in 4 carbon molecules

Question 14

CAM plants

Answer 14

crassulacean acid metabolism; stores lots of CO2 in various molecules

Question 15

what green pigment traps sunlight during photosynthesis

Answer 15

chlorophyll

Question 16

what chloroplast structure is the site of photosynthesis

Answer 16

stroma and thylakoid membrane

Question 17

organelle involved in cellular respiration

Answer 17

mitochondria

Question 18

product of glycolysis

Answer 18

pyruvate and ATP

Question 19

glycolysis = how many ATP molecules

Answer 19

2

Question 20

what gas is released during the transition reaction

Answer 20

CO2

Question 21

how many molecules of ATP does the electron transport system yield

Answer 21

30-32

Question 22

the activated carrier molecule which transforms phosphate bonds

Answer 22

ATP

Question 23

the activated carrier molecules which transfers high energy electrons

Answer 23

NADH NADPH

Question 24

activated carrier molecule that transfers high energy acetyl groups

Answer 24

Acetyl CoA

Question 25

G

Answer 25

free energy

Question 26

Delta G

Answer 26

change in energy

Question 27

10 to 20 (favorable vs unfavorable)

Answer 27

unfavorable

Question 28

molecule that pyruvate is converted to in anaerobic cellular respiration (yeast and plant cells)

Answer 28

alcohol

Question 29

molecule that pyruvate is converted to in anaerobic cellular respiration (animal and bacteria cells)

Answer 29

lactic acid

Question 30

what type of reactions is NADH involved in

Answer 30

cellular respiration

Question 31

type of reactions NADPH is involved in

Answer 31

photosynthesis

Question 32

what ion is responsible for turning the ATP synthase pump to generate ATP during electron transport

Answer 32

hydrogen

Question 33

who won nobel prize for discovery of the dark reaction

Answer 33

melvin calvin

Question 34

who won nobel prize for the discovery of the citric acid cycle

Answer 34

Krebs

Question 35

the critical factor driving yeast to use fermentation to metabolize sugar is

Answer 35

lack of oxygen

Question 36

first process in breaking down glucose is

Answer 36

glycolysis

Question 37

which process produces alcohol or lactate

Answer 37

fermentation

Question 38

what pair of processes are aerobic

Answer 38

krebs cycle and electron transport system

Question 39

what process occurs in the cytosol

Answer 39

glycolysis

Question 40

what process occurs in the mitochondria

Answer 40

krebs cycle

Question 41

entropy

Answer 41

the disorder created by heat in a reaction

Question 42

oxidation

Answer 42

lose an electron

Question 43

reduction

Answer 43

gains an electron