Photosynthesis And Nutrition

Question 1

All plants have the same ____ reactions and different _____ reactions

Answer 1

Photochemical, biochemical

Question 2

Most abundant pigment for photosynthesis

Answer 2

Alpha Chlorophyll

Question 3

25% of chlorophyll

Answer 3

Beta chlorophyll

Question 4

Carotenoids

Answer 4

Beta-carotene, xanthophyll, and phycobilins

Question 5

Groups of funnel-like pigments

Answer 5

Photosystems

Question 6

The splitting of water

Answer 6

Photolysis

Question 7

Antennae complex, 4:1 chlorophyll:carotenoids

Answer 7

PS1

Question 8

Antennae 1:1 chlorophyll:xanthophyll

Answer 8

PS2

Question 9

Reaction center at 700

Answer 9

PS1

Question 10

Reaction center at 680

Answer 10

PS2

Question 11

Protein catalyst of carbon-fixing pathway

Answer 11

Rubisco

Question 12

Carbon fixing pathway for majority of plants, all happens in mesophyll

Answer 12

C3 pathway

Question 13

Rare pathway, concentrates CO2 so O2 fixing can’t occur

Answer 13

C4 pathway

Question 14

In C4 plants, C4 happens in ___ and C3 happens in ____

Answer 14

Parenchyma of mesophyll, bundle sheaths

Question 15

Protein catalyst of C4

Answer 15

PEP

Question 16

Pathway that temporally separates C3 and C4

Answer 16

CAM Pathway

Question 17

CAM Pathway

Answer 17

Stomates open at night and take in CO2, saves water

Question 18

Components of soil

Answer 18

Minerals, humus, water, air

Question 19

Sand

Answer 19

.2-2mm

Question 20

Silt

Answer 20

.002-.02mm

Question 21

Clay

Answer 21

Smaller than .002mm

Question 22

Large spaces between soil particles; function?

Answer 22

Non-capillary pore space; aeration

Question 23

30-60 micrometer spaces btwn particles; function?

Answer 23

Capillary pore space; water retention

Question 24

Height of space that exists in soil

Answer 24

Porosity

Question 25

Soil with no airspace

Answer 25

Saturated

Question 26

Soil capacity after gravity takes effect

Answer 26

Field capacity

Question 27

Soul capacity that causes plant dessiccation

Answer 27

Permanent wilting point

Question 28

Water held too tightly to be accessed

Answer 28

Hygroscopic water

Question 29

Micelle

Answer 29

Negatively charged, microscopic clay particle

Question 30

Plants are 97%

Answer 30

Carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen

Question 31

Essential mineral criteria

Answer 31

1. Required for normal lifecycle 2. No substitutes 3. Directly involved in metabolism

Question 32

Macronutrients of plants

Answer 32

Carbon oxygen hydrogen magnesium phosphorous nitrogen potassium sulfur calcium

Question 33

Micronutrients of plants (

Answer 33

Iron manganese zinc boron chlorine copper molybdenum

Question 34

Adaptations to deficient soil

Answer 34

Carnivory N-fixing bacteria Mycorrhizae

Question 35

3 strategies for mineral exccesses

Answer 35

Store, accumulate, excrete

Question 36

Benefits of hyperaccumulation

Answer 36

Avoid toxicity Disposal Increased drought resistance Defense

Question 37

Serpentine soil

Answer 37

NH3 rock type

Question 38

Plants removing contaminants from soil

Answer 38

Phytoaccumulation

Question 39

Using plants to extract metals from soil

Answer 39

Phytoextraction

Question 40

Using plants to detoxify soil

Answer 40

Phytodegradation