Quarter 2 Week 4 Flashcards

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1
Q

Plants produce _______ as source of food

A

Sugar (glucose)

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2
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(C6H12O6)

A

Glucose

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3
Q

The only organisms capable of performing photosynthesis. They are also called photoautotrophs literally “self-feeders”.

A

CYANOBACTERIA

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4
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They must rely on sugars produced by photosynthetic organisms for energy.

A

HETEROTROPHS

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5
Q

A third very interesting group of bacteria synthesize sugars, not by using sunlight’s energy but by pair extracting energy from inorganic chemical compounds.

A

CHEMOAUTOTROPHS

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6
Q

Where do plants store their excess glucose?

A

Leaves

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7
Q

During photosynthesis, what do plants produce when they convert light energy into chemical energy?

A

Glucose

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8
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One of the smallest units of carbohydrates

A

Glucose

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9
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Glucose is a monosaccharide, what does mono mean?

A

One

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10
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What are the two polysaccharide chains in plants?

A

Cellulose & Starch

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11
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It is the structural component of cell walls.

A

Cellulose

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12
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It is a long term energy store that plants can use later.

A

Starch

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13
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The primary organs of photosynthesis.

A

Leaves

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14
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The process of photosynthesis occurs in the middle layer called ______.

A

Mesophyll

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15
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The tiny pores found along the under surface of leaves.

A

Stomata

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16
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Facilitate the entry of carbon dioxide and release of oxygen, it also regulates gas exchange and water balance.

A

Stomata (singular: stoma)

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17
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Where does stomata typically located that can help minimize water loss.

A

Underside of the leaf

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18
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It is a plastid or plant cell organelle that are full of round flattened discs.

A

Chloroplast

19
Q

A round flattened discs

A

Thylakoid

20
Q

A stack of thylakoid is called ______

A

Granum

21
Q

A space inside chloroplast.

A

Stroma

22
Q

It is where photosynthesis occurs.

A

Chloroplast

23
Q

A chloroplast theory is called _____.

A

Endosymbiotic theory.

24
Q

Cyan come from a greek word cyanin which means _______.

A

Aqua colored

25
Q

Where do cyanobacteria undergo photosynthesis?

A

Lakes, ponds, and oceans:

26
Q

The thylakoid membrane encloses internal space called ____.

A

Thylakoid lumen

27
Q

What is the meaning of NADP

A

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate

28
Q

During light dependent reaction, they used to power _______ that breaks the bonds of water absorbed through plant’s roots.

A

Photosystem II

29
Q

_______ (Greek for mouth) are a little pores in leaves that open and close to let oxygen out and carbon dioxide in.

A

Stomata

30
Q

When eater molecules break apart, the remaining two hydrogen atoms have a positive change and are called _______.

A

Protons.

31
Q

It attaches a phosphate group to ADP (D= di or two) making it ATP (T= tri or three).

A

ATP synthase

32
Q

It charges up the energy carrier molecule NADP+ into NADPH.

A

Photosystem I

33
Q

It absorbed by the pigments to power photosystem I and II.

A

Photons

34
Q

It splits water molecules into two protons (H+) and oxygen atoms are expelled as O2 gas through the stomata.

A

Photosystem II

35
Q

NADP+ is powered up by _______ to make NADPH to be used in dark reactions.

A

Photosystem I

36
Q

Light ______ reactions finish with charged NADPH, ATP, and released O2z

A

Dependent

37
Q

It is also called the Calvin Cycle, the dark reactions start and end with the same products hence “cycle”

A

Light-independent reactions

38
Q

All the dark reactions take place in the _______.

A

Stroma of the chloroplast

39
Q

The Calvin Cycle starts with _____ and _______.

A

RuBP molecules and Carbon dioxide molecules.

40
Q

It is the starting molecule and ending molecule of the calvin cycle.

A

RuBP

41
Q

Since the intermediate combined RuBP and CO2, is unstable it quickly splits in half and forms 2 molecules of _____ which are stable.

A

3-PGA

42
Q

The ATP and NADPH from the light reactions provide the energy to convert the two molecular of 3-PGA into their final form _____.

A

G3P

43
Q

The calvin cycle occurs in _____.

A

Stroma of chloroplast

44
Q

The calvin cycle converts the carbon from carbon dioxide into glucose in the stroma. This is called ______.

A

Carbon fixation.