BIOLOGY COMPILED Flashcards
Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy
A chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars).
It is the process of producing cellular energy in the presence of oxygen.
Aerobic Respirration
Prepares the sugar to access hydrogen.
No oxygen is present, therefore it is…
Takes place in the cytoplasm.
The process of breaking down glucose to produce energy.
Anaerobic Respiration
reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
light-dependent reactions
set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin cycle
Light Independent Reactions
A flattened membrane sac inside the chloroplast, used to convert light energy into chemical energy.
thylakoid
stack of thylakoids
granum
stroma
fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids
Glycolysis Products
2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, 2 NADH
Organic compound with a backbone of three carbon atoms. Two molecules form as end products of glycolysis
Pyruvate
second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions
Krebs Cycle
The Krebs cycle produces…
2ATP, 6NADH,4 CO2 and 2FADH
final electron acceptor
oxygen
3 MAJOR COMPONENTS OF ATP
- NITROGEN BASE (ADENINE)
- FIVE CARBON SUGAR (RIBOSE)
- THREE PHOSPHATE GROUPS (TRIPHOSPHATE)
tiny pores found along the undersurface of leave which facilitates the entry of carbon dioxide and release of oxygen.
stomata
The most important pigment in photosynthesis, which absorbs mainly the red and blue-violet light rays ad reflects as green light.
Chlorophyll A
Absorbs mainly orange and blue light, and reflects yellow green. Chlorophyll b does not participate directly in the light reactions; it channels the energy it absorbs to chlorophyll a to boost its energy.
Chlorophyll B
absorbs orange pigment
Carotenoid
absorbs yellow pigment
xanthophyll