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UNIT 3 Energy Transformation Flashcards

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It is defined as the capcity to do work

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Energy

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ATP

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Adenosine Triphosphate

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The energy released from the breakdown of food and transfwrred in molecules

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ATP ( Adenosine Triphosphate)

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A double ring of carbon and nitrogen atoms

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Adenine

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ADP

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Adenisine Diphosphate

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NAD

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Nictinamide Adnenin Dinucleotide

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NADP

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Nictonamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate

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FAS

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Flavin Dinucleotide

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Both molecules have a nitrogen- containing ring celled

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Nicotinic Acid

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In FAD, the chemically active Portion

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Flavin Group

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The removal of electrons or protons coenzymes

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Oxidation

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Addition of electrons to a molecule

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Reduction

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The chemical reactions performed by the coenzymes

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Oxidatition-reduction reactions

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It is the ability to do work or to produce changes in matter

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Energy

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It is a very viral process on which almost all living things depend, either directly or indirectly. Comes from the loght of the sun.

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Photosynthesis

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He is a flemish botanist the first who studied photosynthesis in 1630

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Jonvan Helmont (1580-1644)

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In 1772, showed that a spring of mint would “restore” air that had been “injured” by a burning candle

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Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

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Supported the findings of priestley, and added that this air (oxygen) could only be restoeed by plants if the sun was shinning

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Jan Ingenhouz (1730-1799)

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Weighed both the air and the plant before and after phtosynthesis

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Nicholas de Saussure (1767, 1845)

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In 1930s, of standford University was able to prove that light splits water, prducing oxygen

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C.B. Van Niel (1897-1985)

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Plants Phtosynthesis: an overview

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Heterotrophs

Autotrophs

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Other eating, cannot synthesize their own food and depend on autotrophs and other organisms for their substance

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Heterotrophs (other eating)

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Self-feeding, Synthesize their own food

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Autotrophs

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Autorophic organisms are of two main types

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Photoautotrophs

Chemosutotrophs

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Which include green plants and purole bacteria and can utilize light energy to synthesize organic molecules

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Photoautotrophs

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Which includes some bacteria that can synthesize organic substances from the inorganic substances in their environment and are not dependent on light energy

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Chemoautotrophs

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Involve the stable transfer of electrons netween atoms

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Oxidation reduction or Redox reaction

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An atom or molecules is said to be REDUCED when it GAINS one or more electrons

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When it LOSES on or more electrons it is OXIDIZED

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Are the mahir site of phtosynthesis in green plants

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Leaves

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Are abundant in the leafs mesophyll layer

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Chloroplasts

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The layer next to the outer surface layer of the cells

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Epidermis

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Is a form of electromagnetic (em) radiation which is a wave that has electric and magnetic components

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Light

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Light also has a particle like quality consisting of diescrete particles

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Protons

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It is the mahor photosynthetic pogment

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Chlorophyll

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The other phtosynthetic pigments

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Accessory Pigments

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Hundred of theses pigments are organize into light collecting units

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Photosynstems

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Energy carrier

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adenosine Triphosphate (atp)

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Is bonded to rubise to form a unit

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adenosine

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This process is termed Dephosphorylation

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Dephosphrylation

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It is catalyzed bu he enzyme

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At Phase

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After dephosphorylation, two phosphate groups and adenosine remain dormint the compund

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Adenosine Diphosphate or ADP

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The process is generally refered as?

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Phosphorylation

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