UNIT 3 Energy Transformation Flashcards
It is defined as the capcity to do work
Energy
ATP
Adenosine Triphosphate
The energy released from the breakdown of food and transfwrred in molecules
ATP ( Adenosine Triphosphate)
A double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms
Adenine
ADP
Adenisine Diphosphate
NAD
Nictinamide Adnenin Dinucleotide
NADP
Nictonamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate
FAS
Flavin Dinucleotide
Both molecules have a nitrogen- containing ring celled
Nicotinic Acid
In FAD, the chemically active Portion
Flavin Group
The removal of electrons or protons coenzymes
Oxidation
Addition of electrons to a molecule
Reduction
The chemical reactions performed by the coenzymes
Oxidatition-reduction reactions
It is the ability to do work or to produce changes in matter
Energy
It is a very viral process on which almost all living things depend, either directly or indirectly. Comes from the loght of the sun.
Photosynthesis
He is a flemish botanist the first who studied photosynthesis in 1630
Jonvan Helmont (1580-1644)
In 1772, showed that a spring of mint would “restore” air that had been “injured” by a burning candle
Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)
Supported the findings of priestley, and added that this air (oxygen) could only be restoeed by plants if the sun was shinning
Jan Ingenhouz (1730-1799)
Weighed both the air and the plant before and after phtosynthesis
Nicholas de Saussure (1767, 1845)
In 1930s, of standford University was able to prove that light splits water, prducing oxygen
C.B. Van Niel (1897-1985)
Plants Phtosynthesis: an overview
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs
Other eating, cannot synthesize their own food and depend on autotrophs and other organisms for their substance
Heterotrophs (other eating)
Self-feeding, Synthesize their own food
Autotrophs
Autorophic organisms are of two main types
Photoautotrophs
Chemosutotrophs