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Who received the NOBEL PRIZE for figuring out the biochemical pathway that produces GLUCOSE?
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Melvin Calvin
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Why are the carotenoid collors (like red, orange, brown) visible in leaves in the fall, but not other times?
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Chlorophyll production is stopped.
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What do plants need to absorb energy from light?
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molecules that have pigments like (chlorophyll & cartene)
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How many molecules of carbon dioxide (CO2) are used to make 1 molecule of glucose (C6H12O6)?
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3
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What things are required for photosynthesis to happen?
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Water, Carbon dioxide, chlorophyll and light energy
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Who carefully MEASURED the mass of a growing plant and concluded the INCREASE came from water?
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Jan Van HELMONT
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How do other colored pigments like the carotenoids help cholorphyll carry out photosynthesis?
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Absorb some wavelength that chlorophyll does not
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What region of the visible spectrum does chlorophyll absorbs light very well?
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blue-violet
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What is the chemical equation photosynthesis?
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Light
6CO2 + 6H2O → 6H12O6 + 6O2 |
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Who showed that plants produce OXYGEN when EXPOSED to light?
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Jan Ingenhousz
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If a plant is kept under green colored light for an extended period of time, what do you think will happen to the rate of photosynthesis?
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slow or stop
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Why do most plants appear green?
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Chlorophyll refects green light
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Who experimented with a PLANT, BELL JAR and CANDLE to show that plants make OXYGEN?
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Joseph Priestley
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What gas is given off by a green plant in bright sunlight at room temperature?
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Probably Oxygen
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