How do plants work

Question 1

A chemical energy compound with two phosphate groups found in living cells

Answer 1

ADP

Question 2

An agricultural science that deals with crop production and improvement

Answer 2

agronomy

Question 3

A food made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Answer 3

carbohydrate

Question 4

An atmospheric gas made of one carbon atom for each two oxygen atoms

Answer 4

carbon dioxide

Question 5

The green chemical that makes green plants green

Answer 5

chlorophyll

Question 6

Produced by organisms as opposed to nonliving chemical processes

Answer 6

organic

Question 7

An atmospheric gas; a by-product of the light reaction of photosynthesis

Answer 7

oxygen

Question 8

Which conditions relate to the research of Van Helmont?

Answer 8

conclusions partly correct
plant mass related to H 2O

Question 9

Priestly’s experiments explained:

Answer 9

plants are associated with O 2
animals require O 2

Question 10

The first chemist to begin quantifying the process of photosynthesis was:

Answer 10

Nicholas de Saussure

Question 11

The science which develops and studies plant varieties and production is called

Answer 11

agronomy

Question 12

The greatest number of people plants have the potential to feed, according to some agronomists is:

Answer 12

100 billion people

Question 13

Correction reaction for photosynthesis (the order)

Answer 13

Carbon Dioxide
Water
Light
Glucose
Oxygen

Question 14

What requirements of all organisms worldwide are linked to the sun by photosynthesis.

Answer 14

energy

Question 15

Jan Baptista’s experiments showed:

Answer 15

loss of soil mass < gain of plant mass
gain of plant mass related to water

Question 16

What general type of plant food is produced by photosynthesis?

Answer 16

carbohydrates

Question 17

What do glucose, starch and cellulose have in common?

Answer 17

they are various forms of sugars
they are all related to photosynthesis
they are all carbohydrates

Question 18

Joseph Priestly discovered that plants give off, or release _____ to the atmosphere.

Answer 18

oxygen

Question 19

Who are scientists who work to develop crops that produce more or better foods.

Answer 19

Agronomists

Question 20

Ingenhousz found that air would be purified only when green plants were in

Answer 20

sunlight

Question 21

De Saussure’s experiments demonstrated the importance of _______ and________ to green plants.

Answer 21

carbon dioxide, water

Question 22

the building blocks of proteins

Answer 22

amino acid

Question 23

the high energy chemical compound that provides energy

Answer 23

ATP

Question 24

provides energy storage and structure for life

Answer 24

fat

Question 25

essential to aerobic respiration

Answer 25

oxygen

Question 26

a food made up of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen

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protein

Question 27

the putting together of protein molecules from amino acids

Answer 27

protein synthesis

Question 28

the tiny pores or leaf openings appearing between guard cells

Answer 28

stomate

Question 29

The oxygen which is released into the air by a plant originates from:

Answer 29

splitting of water molecules

Question 30

The twenty two amino acids are capable of producing _______________.

Answer 30

millions of different proteins

Question 31

The chemical energy stored in ATP during photosynthesis is released during the dark phase to:

Answer 31

produce a carbohydrate from CO 2

Question 32

Photosynthesis continues to increase with temperature when _____.

Answer 32

temperature increases within normal limits and carbon dioxide is supplied

Question 33

What levels above normal will increase plant growth if other factors are adequate

Answer 33

Carbon dioxide

Question 34

What may be used to control temperature and carbon dioxide.

Answer 34

green house

Question 35

Proteins are made by:

Answer 35

Ribosomes in plants and animals

Question 36

All proteins contain_________ , in addition to carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

Answer 36

nitrogen

Question 37

Each protein molecule is made of at least____________ amino acid units.

Answer 37

fifty

Question 38

Enzymes are:

Answer 38

proteins

Question 39

Some of the most complex organic molecules are_________

Answer 39

proteins

Question 40

Most important part of animals and human's diet

Answer 40

protein

Question 41

Examples of protien

Answer 41

Enzymes

Question 42

Van Niel's theory, later shown to be correct, claimed that the oxygen produced by photosynthesis comes from the

Answer 42

splitting of the water molecule

Question 43

Hill is known for working out reactions taking place during the ____________ of photosynthesis.

Answer 43

light reaction

Question 44

Since carbon as an atmospheric gas is locked into a food molecule, it is termed carbon dioxide fixation. Another name for this process of photosynthesis is the

Answer 44

dark reaction

Question 45

Proteins may be identified separately from fats and carbohydrates by the presence of certain elements. Choose the elements that qualify.

Answer 45

sulfur iron phosphorus zinc nitrogen

Question 46

In the presence of oxygen as a gas

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aerobic

Question 47

In the absence of oxygen as a gas

Answer 47

anaerobic

Question 48

Utilization of food molecules and energy in life processes

Answer 48

assimilation

Question 49

An energy-sharing arrangement of atoms to each other as parts of a molecule

Answer 49

chemical bond

Question 50

The stage of respiration that occurs in anaerobic conditions, such as yeast fermentation

Answer 50

fermentation

Question 51

What type of energy is absorbed by photosynthesis

Answer 51

Solar energy

Question 52

Which statements apply to "food"?

Answer 52

storage medium for energy release energy during decomposition

Question 53

Plant respiration occurs:

Answer 53

primarily at night

Question 54

Where do plants obtain the oxygen necessary to utilize foods?

Answer 54

from the atmosphere

Question 55

What are the waste products of respiration?

Answer 55

H 2O CO 2

Question 56

complete the reaction for cellular respiration

Answer 56

Glucose Oxygen Water Carbon Dioxide Energy for ATP

Question 57

What is the function(s) of ATP?

Answer 57

stores the initial energy released by respiration provides the energy for all cytoplasmic chemical synthesis

Question 58

list the three stages of respiration which convert food to useful energy.

Answer 58

electron transport chain glycolysis Krebs cycle

Question 59

The first stage in the decomposition of glucose is called

Answer 59

glycolysis

Question 60

Lactic acid buildup during respiration is the result of:

Answer 60

anaerobic glycolysis

Question 61

Which organelle is responsible for producing energy by the Krebs cycle?

Answer 61

mitochondria

Question 62

The electron transport of respiration occurs in organelles called

Answer 62

mitochondria