Photosynthesis /Respiration Flashcards
What causes plants to synthesize
Chlorophyll
Why are plants green??
Chlorophyll absorbs all the colours besides green and yell
Anabolic reactions
Create larger molecules from small subunits
Catabolic reactions
Break down large molecules into smaller pieces
Chlorophyll
Light absorbing green clouted pigment that behind the process of photosynthesis
Chlorophyll A(blue-green)
Transfers energy of light to the reactions of photosynthesis
Chlorophyll B(yellow-green)
Absorbing photons that chlorophyll A has troubles absorbing
Rf values equation
Distance traveled by compound/distance traveled by solvent
In the process of photosynthesis what do chloroplasts convert is solar energy into
Chemical energy
Autotrophs
Photostsynthesizing organisms
Heterotrophs
Non-photosynthesizing organisms
3 Bi-products of photosynthesis
Oxygen
ATP
Heat
The scientific name for when chemical reactions that synthesize carbohydrates take place
Carboxylation
Function of ATP
provides an immediate source of energy for cellular process
What travels in photons
Light