Cells Flashcards
What is the name for when there is a lower water concentration
Hypertonic
What happens when an animal cell is placed in a hypertonic solution
Shrinks
What happens when a animal cell is placed in a hypotonic solution
It swells and bursts
What is the name for when the concentration of water is greater than solution
Hypotonic
What happens when a plant cell is placed in a hypertonic solution
The cells become plasmolysed
What happens when a plant cell is placed in a hypotonic solution
The cell bursts
What is osmosis
The movement of high water concentration to low concentration through a selectively permeable membrane
What does the action spectrum do
Measures the wavelengths being absorbed
What does the action spectrum do
Measures the different wavelengths other than chlorophyll A
What is the process of extracting photo sympathetic pigments
Chromatography
Where does photolysis occur
The the grana of the chloroplast
Where does carbon fixation occur
In the stroma of the chloroplast
What happens when there is a decrease in co2 concentration in the carbon fixation stage
The RUBP increases as GP and TP are still forming it but the number of GP decreases as their is no co2 to form the GP and it is being used up by still forming RUBP
What are 2 respiratory substrates that can be used in glycolysis other than glucose
Fats and proteins
How many carbons does pyruvic acid have
2
