Flashcards in FINAL photosynthesis/energy Deck (43):
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sunlight arrives at a plant in units of energy called
photons
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why are plants green
reflect green wavelengths of light
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stroma
central fluid filled space containing DNA RNA ribosomes of chloroplast
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grana
stack of thylakoid membrane structures
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what part of the electromagnetic spectrum is used for photosynthesis
visible light
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where do light dependent reactions occur
thylakoid membrane
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products of the light reactions of photosynthesis
NADPH ATP O2
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products of dark reaction of photosynthesis
organic molecules
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first law of thermodynamics
energy is neither created nor destroyed
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second law of thermodynamics
energy is partly lost as heat in the process of recycling
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wavelengths of visible light
380-720 nm
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C3 plants
cant store, 3 carbon atoms
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C4 plants
store CO2 in 4 carbon molecules
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CAM plants
crassulacean acid metabolism; stores lots of CO2 in various molecules
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what green pigment traps sunlight during photosynthesis
chlorophyll
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what chloroplast structure is the site of photosynthesis
stroma and thylakoid membrane
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organelle involved in cellular respiration
mitochondria
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product of glycolysis
pyruvate and ATP
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glycolysis = how many ATP molecules
2
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what gas is released during the transition reaction
CO2
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how many molecules of ATP does the electron transport system yield
30-32
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the activated carrier molecule which transforms phosphate bonds
ATP
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the activated carrier molecules which transfers high energy electrons
NADH NADPH
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activated carrier molecule that transfers high energy acetyl groups
Acetyl CoA
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G
free energy
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Delta G
change in energy
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10 to 20 (favorable vs unfavorable)
unfavorable
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molecule that pyruvate is converted to in anaerobic cellular respiration (yeast and plant cells)
alcohol
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molecule that pyruvate is converted to in anaerobic cellular respiration (animal and bacteria cells)
lactic acid
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what type of reactions is NADH involved in
cellular respiration
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type of reactions NADPH is involved in
photosynthesis
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what ion is responsible for turning the ATP synthase pump to generate ATP during electron transport
hydrogen
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who won nobel prize for discovery of the dark reaction
melvin calvin
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who won nobel prize for the discovery of the citric acid cycle
Krebs
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the critical factor driving yeast to use fermentation to metabolize sugar is
lack of oxygen
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first process in breaking down glucose is
glycolysis
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which process produces alcohol or lactate
fermentation
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what pair of processes are aerobic
krebs cycle and electron transport system
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what process occurs in the cytosol
glycolysis
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what process occurs in the mitochondria
krebs cycle
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entropy
the disorder created by heat in a reaction
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oxidation
lose an electron
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