Final Practical Exam Flashcards
What gas is produced during cellular respiration?
CO2 is produced.
What gas is consumed during cellular respiration?
O2 is consumed.
Fermentation is an alternative metabolic pathway that occurs in a cell, instead of cellular respiration, when ______ is absent.
Oxygen
What are the products of the photosynthesis equation?
Glucose & Oxygen Gas
What colors of visible light would you expect a red-orange leaf to reflect (and not absorb)?
Red-Orange
When observing dollarweeds, in a sealed container, one would expect ______ gas levels to increase when light is absent, and ______ gas levels to increase when light is present.
Carbon Dioxide absent when light present; Oxygen present when light present
What photopigment is most abundant in plants?
Chlorophyll a
List the name of the accessory pigment.
Chlorophyll b, beta carotene, xanthophyll, & phaeophytin
Name the phase of mitosis when the chromosomes are moving away from each other.
Anaphase
An organism has 2 sets of 10 chromosomes at the start of meiosis. At the end of meiosis, this organism’s gametes should each have ____ set of ____ chromosomes.
1 set of 10 chromosomes
What is the specific name given for where the chromosomes align within the cell during mitosis?
Metaphase Plate
Hh x hh. Which percentage of offspring will end up being homozygous recessive?
50% or 1/2 to be hh
How many possible gametes can be formed by a person with the genotype AabbCc?
4 possibilities; AbC, Abc, abC, abc
What 3 variables affect the rate of enzyme activity?
- Temperature 2. pH 3. Substrate/Enzyme Concentration
After an enzyme catalyzes the reaction and products are released, what happens to the enzyme?
It is free to bind to a new substrate.
