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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Flashcards

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What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?

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Reactant: 6CO2 (Carbon dioxide) + 6H2O (water) + Light energy Product: C6H12O6 (glucose)+ 6O2 (oxygen)

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What are thylakoids? Where are they found?

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Chloroplasts have flat discs called thylakoids, which contain light-absorbing pigments. Turn light energy into chemical energy.

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What light-absorbing pigment reflects green?

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Chlorophyll

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What light-absorbing pigment reflects red, orange, and yellow?

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Carotenoid

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What is Auxin?

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Auxin is a plant hormone that promotes growth and responds to light.

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What are the three steps of cellular respiration?

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Glycolysis, Krebs Cycle, and Electron Transport chain.

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Explain the first step of cellular respiration.

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Glycolysis. Occurs in the cytoplasm. Series of chemical reactions that splits glucose (6 carbons) into 2 pyruvate/pyruvic acid (3-carbon) molecules and makes a small amount of ATP (2 ATP) and 2 NADH. Pyruvate can enter the Krebs cycle but glucose cannot.

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Explain the second step of cellular respiration.

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Krebs Cycle. Takes place in the matrix of the mitochondria. Series of chemical reactions that break down pyruvate. Pyruvic acid= 6 CO2+ 2 ATP energy. 6 NADH, 2 ATP, and 2 FADH2 are produced in the Krebs cycle (per glucose).

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Explain the third step of cellular respiration.

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Electron Transport Chain
Occurs in the inner membrane. Electrons from NADH and FADH2 are moved across the ETC. E-, H+, and O2 combine to make H2O. ATP synthase pumps H+ across the membrane to make 32 ATP and release water.

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What is ATP energy?

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It is the main energy source that cells use for most of their work.

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What is ADP?

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The compound that remains when a phosphate group is removed from ATP, releasing energy.

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What is fermentation?

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A process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen.

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What is lactic acid fermentation?

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A chemical breakdown of carbohydrates involving no oxygen that produces lactic acid as the main end product.

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What is lactic acid?

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Produced in muscle cells from the reduction of pyruvate to regenerate NAD+ so that glycolysis can continue.

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What is alcoholic fermentation?

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A process used by yeast cells and some bacteria that involves no oxygen to produce carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol.

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What is a photosystem?

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Light collecting units of the chloroplasts.

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What is aerobic respiration?

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Respiration that requires oxygen.

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What is anaerobic respiration?

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Respiration that does not require oxygen.

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What is the first step of light reactions?

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In photosystem II, sunlight strikes the chlorophyll molecules in the thylakoid absorbs light energy. electrons within the pigments become energized or ‘excited’.

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What is the second step of light reactions?

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Excited electrons travel down the electron transport chains. Their energy is being used to power Proton pumps. This allows H+ ions to enter the Thylakoid.

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What is the third step of light reactions?

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At Photosystem 1, electrons get accepted by NADP+ with hydrogen to make NADPH.

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What is the first step of the Clavin Cycle?

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Carbon Fixation. A CO2 molecule combines with a 5 carbon compound called RuBP. This 6-carbon compound splits in two because it’s unstable, making two 3-carbon compounds called 3-PGA. This reaction is catalyzed by the enzymes Rubisco.

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What is the second step of the Calvin Cycle?

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Reduction. ATP and NADPH are used to convert the 3-PGA molecules into molecules of a three-carbon sugar called G3P.

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What is the third step of the Calvin Cycle?

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Regeneration. Some G3P molecules go to make glucose, while others must be recycled to regenerate the RuBP compound.

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What are the three steps of the Calvin Cycle?

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Carbon Fixation, Reduction, and Regeneration.

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