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What is the main source for cellular energy? |
ATP |
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Living things need what to survive? |
Energy |
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Where do plants get the energy they need to produce food? |
Sun |
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ATP is what |
An important chemical compound that cells use to store and release energy |
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What is the full name of atp? |
Adenosine triphosphate |
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How many phosphate groups does atp and adp have? |
ATP has 3 groups Adp has 2 groups |
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What is the key cellular process identified with energy production? |
Photosynthesis |
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Photosynthesis definition |
The process in which green plants use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates and oxygen |
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Photosynthesis definition |
The process in which green plants use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates and oxygen |
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What is the equation for photosynthesis |
6CO2+6H2O ———> (light) C6H12O6+6O2 |
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Photosynthesis uses the energy of ______ to convert water and carbon dioxide into high energy sugars and oxygen |
Sunlight |
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Photosynthesis uses the energy of ______ to convert water and carbon dioxide into high energy sugars and oxygen |
Sunlight |
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How do plants capture the energy of sunlight? |
Plants gather the suns energy with light-absorbing molecules called pigments |
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What is the main pigment in plants? |
Chlorophyll |
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What are the two main types of chlorophyll |
Chlorophyll a Chlorophyll B |
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What does chlorophyll do? |
Absorbs light well in the blue violet regions of the visible spectrum |
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Where does photosynthesis take place in plants? |
Chloroplasts |
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Chloroplasts contain _____ (sacklike photosynthesis membrane) |
Thylakoids |
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Chloroplasts contain _____ (sacklike photosynthesis membrane) |
Thylakoids |
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Thylakoids are arranged in stacks known as |
Grana |
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Chloroplasts contain _____ (sacklike photosynthesis membrane) |
Thylakoids |
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Thylakoids are arranged in stacks known as |
Grana |
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When electrons in chlorophyll absorb sunlight the electrons do what |
Gain a great deal of energy |
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Chloroplasts contain _____ (sacklike photosynthesis membrane) |
Thylakoids |
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Thylakoids are arranged in stacks known as |
Grana |
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When electrons in chlorophyll absorb sunlight the electrons do what |
Gain a great deal of energy |
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Photosynthesis is what |
ENERGY |
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When does photosynthesis begin? |
When pigments in photosystem II absorb light increasing their energy level |
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When does photosynthesis begin? |
When pigments in photosystem II absorb light increasing their energy level |
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Calvin cycle |
Uses atp and nadph from the light-dependent reactions to produce high energy sugars be sure it doesn’t require light, these reactions are called light independent reactions |
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Carbon dioxide goes into the Calvin cycle and what comes out |
Sugar comes out |
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Carbon dioxide goes into the Calvin cycle and what comes out |
Sugar comes out |
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What is the main component to life? |
Carbon dioxide |
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What does the light dependent reactions do? |
Trap sunlight energy in chemical form |
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What do light independent reactions do? |
Use the energy created from light dependent reactions to produce stable high energy sugars from carbon dioxide and water |
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What serves as a source of raw materials for the cells in the body and as a source of energy? |
FOOD |
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What serves as a source of raw materials for the cells in the body and as a source of energy? |
FOOD |
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What is calorie |
Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water |
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What serves as a source of raw materials for the cells in the body and as a source of energy? |
FOOD |
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What is calorie |
Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water |
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What is cellular respiration |
Process of wreak eases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |
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What serves as a source of raw materials for the cells in the body and as a source of energy? |
FOOD |
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What is calorie |
Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water |
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What is cellular respiration |
Process of wreak eases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |
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What is the equation for cellular respiration |
6O2 + C6H12O2 ——> (light) 6CO2 + 6H2O |
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Where does glycolysis take place? |
It takes place in the cytoplasm |
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Where does the Krebs cycle and electron transport take place? |
In the mitochondria |
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Where does the Krebs cycle and electron transport take place? |
In the mitochondria |
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When glycolysis is complete how many atp molecules have been produced? |
4 It has a net gain of 2 ATP molecules |
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Is fermentation an anaerobic or aerobic process? |
It is an anaerobic process cause it doesn’t require oxygen. |
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What are the two main types of fermentation? |
Alcoholic fermentation and lactic acid fermentation |
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What is alcoholic fermentation |
Yeast and a few other micro organisms use alcoholic fermentation forming ethyl and carbon dioxide as wastes |
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What is the equation for alcoholic fermentation |
Pyruvic acid + NADH —> alcohol + NAD+ |
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What is Lactic acid fermentation |
In many cells pyruvic acid that accumulates as a result of glycolysis can be converted to lactic acid |
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What is the equation for lactic acid fermentation |
Pyruvic acid + NADH —> lactic acid + NAD+ |
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What is the Krebs cycle |
Pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy extracting reactions |
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What is the electron transport chain? |
Converts ADP into ATP |
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Does glycolysis require oxygen? |
NO it is an anaerobic process |