Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Flashcards
What is ATP?
The molecule used as cellular energy
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide and Water. Sunlight provides the energy
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose (main product) and oxygen (byproduct)
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
To release the energy stored in glucose by turning it into ATP
What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
To make glucose
What does aerobic mean?
With oxygen
What does anaerobic mean
Without oxygen
How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?
The products of one are the reactants of the other. Photosynthesis captures energy in the form of glucose and cellular respiration releases energy in the form of ATP
Where does photosynthesis take place?
chloroplast
Where do the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis take place?
The thylakoid
Where do the light independent reactions of photosynthesis take place? AKA calvin cycle
The stroma
Photosynthesis takes place in what kinds of cells?
Plants, algae, some plankton and some bacteria
Where does cellular respiration take place?
All living cells
Where does glycolysis take place?
In the cytoplasm of the cell (step 1 of cellular respiration)
Where does the Krebs cycle take place?
mitochondria
The electron transport chain of cellular respiration happens were?
mitochondria
What are NADP, FAD, and NAD?
electron carriers. When they are carrying electrons they are called NADPH, FADH and NADH
Energy is released from ATP how?
When the bond is broken between phosphate groups. One of the phosphate groups is broken off, releasing energy and then ATP becomes ADP
What factors can change the rate of photosynthesis?
Temperature, availability of sunlight and amount of carbon dioxide.
What are palisade cells?
cells under the upper epidermis of the leaf that contain high number of chloroplasts for photosynthesis.
What are stomata?
openings in a leaf that allow for gas exchange. Specifically plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen, water vapor and carbon dioxide.
What does the waxy cuticle of a plant leaf do?
Protects the plant from losing too much water
