Bio Flashcards

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A process of breaking down a chemical compound that involve splitting a bond and adding the elements of water to the resulting fragments

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Hydrolysis

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2
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Occurs when the energy produced by one reaction or system is used to drive another reaction or system

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Energy Coupling

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Is the source of energy for use and storage at the cellular level

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ATP ( Adenosine Triphosphate)

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Is a biological molecule consisting of one adenine, one sugar, and two phosphates

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ADP (Adenosine Diphosphate)

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Three parts that composed ATP

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-Adenine (Nitrogenous Base)
-Ribose (Sugar)
-Triphosphate

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6
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Three phosphate groups

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-Alpha Phosphate Group
-Beta Phosphate Group
-Gamma Phosphate Group

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7
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ATP - ADP Cycle Formula

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energy + ADP + Pi ≈ ATP + H2O

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8
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Proceeds with a net release of free energy

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Exergonic Reaction

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9
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One that absorbs free energy from its surroundings

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Endergonic Reaction

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10
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Uncoupled Reaction:

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Glucose + Fructose › Sucrose

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Coupled Reaction:

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  1. Glucose + ATP › Glucose - P + ADP
  2. Glucose - P + Fructose › Sucrose + Pi
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12
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Is the process used by plants to create their own food

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Photosynthesis

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13
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Are unable to make their own food, and they live on compounds produced by other organisms.

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Heterotrophs

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Types of Heterotrophs

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-Herbivores (Plant Eaters)
-Carnivores (Meat Eaters)
-Omnivores (Eaters of meat and plants)
-Detritivores (Debris Eaters)

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15
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Self-Feeders

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Autotrophs

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16
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Example of Autotrophs

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-Plants
-Algae
-Cyanobactria
-Chemoautotrophic Bacteria
-Archaea

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17
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Most common type of plastid

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Chloroplast

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18
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Are responsible for the trapping of light energy in a chemical form and contain the green pigment

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Chloroplast

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19
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Green pigment is called _______

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Chlorophyll

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20
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Chloroplast are found mainly in the cells of the ______

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Mesophyll

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21
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This layer contains tiny openings called ______ where gases, carbon dioxide, and oxygen, enter and exit the leaves.

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Stomata

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22
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Chloroplast double membrane:

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Inner and Outer Membrane

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The ___________ holds a thick fluid called stroma, where tiny disc-shaped interconnected membraneous sacs called thylakoids are suspended

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Inner Membrane

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Tiny disc-shaped interconnected membraneous sacs called ________ are suspended

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Thylakoids

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Light-absorbing molecules called __________
Photosystems
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Thylakoids sacs are stacked in columns called ______ (singular: _______)
Grana, Granum
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________ connect thylakoids of two different grana
Stroma Lamellae
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The process behind plants producing their own food and oxygen, also known as the first stage
Light Dependent Reactions
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A pigment molecule in the photosystem absorbs individual light packet called ________
Photon
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Photosystem II transfers the free electrons along a series of proteins called ________
Electron Transport Chain
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The process wherein the hydrogen ions move through ATP synthase is called ________
Chemiosmosis
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Is found in chloroplasts which mediates electron transfer and contains an iron-sulfur cluster
Ferredoxin
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A 10 kD blue copper protein which is located in the lumen of the thylakoid where it functions as a mobile electron carrier shuttling electrons from Cytochrome b6f to P700 in Photosystem I
Plastocyanin
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Two important prenylquinones functioning as electron transporter in plants
Plastoquinone & Ubiquinone
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The process behind plants producing their own food and oxygen, also known as second stage
Calvin Cycle
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The calvin cycle is a part of photosynthesis, the process of plants and other autotrophs use to create nutrients from sunlight and carbon dioxide. The process was first identified by ________
U.S. Biochemist Dr. Melvin Calvin in 1957
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Three basic stages of calvin cycle reaction:
-Fixation -Reduction -Regeneration
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One molecule of glucose can produce a net of _________
30 - 32 ATP
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Is a set of metabolic reactions that take place in the presence of oxygen, occuring in a cell to convert chemical energy into ATPs
Aerobic Respiration
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Is a process of cellular respiration where the high energy electron acceptor is neither oxygen nor pyruvate derivatives
Anaerobic Respiration
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Aerobic Respiration Cycle
1. Glucose › Pyruvate › Citric Acid Cycle › NADH/FADH2 › Oxidative Phosphorylation 2. Glycolysis › NADH › Oxidative Phosphorylation
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Anaerobic Respiration Cycle •Lactic Acid Fermentation
(Lactate Dehydrogenase) C6H12O6 (Glucose) › 2C3H603 (Lactic Acid) + Energy (150 KJ)
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Anaerobic Respiration Cycle •Alcoholic Fermentation
(Alcohol Dehydrogenase) C6H12O6 (Glucose) › 2C2H50H (Ethanol) + 2CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) + Energy (210 KJ)
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Chemical Equation for Cellular Respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 › 6H2O + 6CO2
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Is the process that breaks down food molecules, usually in the form of glucose, to turn into carbon dioxide and water
Cellular Respiration
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Cellular Respiration can create up to an average yield of _________
36 - 38 ATP Molecules
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Fermentation usually produced _______
2 - 4 molecules of ATP
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Used by bacteria and archaebacteria yield smaller amounts if ATP, but they can take place without oxygen
Anaerobic Respiration Processes
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Types of Cellular Respiration:
-Aerobic Respiration -Fermentation -Methanogenesis
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Most common "energy currency" of cells is _______ which stores a lot of energy
ATP - a molecule
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CH3-H4MPT
Methenyl-Tetrahydromethanopterin
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CH3-H4SPT
Methenyl-Tetrahydrosarcinapterin
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Products of LDR
NADPH & ATP + O2
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Products of LIR
C6H12O6