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1
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What are the products of photosynthesis?

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Organic molecules and O2

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What are the products of cellular respiration?

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ATP, CO2, H2O. Used by plants

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What is cellular respiration?

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The process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen.

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How does a cell make ATP?

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Releases the energy in food molecules.

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5
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What does cellular respiration occur in?

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Animals, plants, and many other organisms.

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What are redox (reduction-oxidation) reactions?

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Reactions that involve the transfer of electrons.

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7
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Cellular respiration and photosynthesis are both what?

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A series of redox reactions.

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8
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What is reduction?

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The gain of electrons.

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9
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What is oxidation?

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The loss of electrons.

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10
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What does hydrogen contain?

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One electron and one proton.

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11
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If hydrogen is gain what is that called?

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Reduction

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12
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What are electron carriers?

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Molecules that accept electrons and move them around the cell.

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13
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NAD+

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

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14
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FAPH2

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Flavin adenine dinuleotide

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15
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What are the 4 stages of cellular respiration?

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  1. Glycolysis 2. Pyruvate Oxidation 3. Krebs Cycle 4. Oxidative Phosphorylation
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16
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Where does glycolysis occur?

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Cytosol

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17
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Where does pyruvate oxidation occur?

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Mitochondrial Matrix

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18
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Where does the krebs cycle occur?

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Mitochondrial Matrix

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19
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Where does oxidative phosphorylation occur?

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Inner mitochondrial membrane

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20
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What does glycolysis produce?

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A small amount of ATP by substrate level phosphorylation

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21
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What is substrate level phosphorylation?

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The direct transfer of the phosphate group

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22
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What is the reactant and products of glycolysis?

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Reactant: Glucose
Products: 2 pyruvate

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23
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Where does the pyruvic acid that was produced in Glycolysis moved to?

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Into the mitochondrion

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24
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What happens to the pyruvate acid in the mitochondrion?

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It is converted into a form of citric acid.

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25
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How does the pyruvate lose carbon?

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It loses in the form of CO2 and created acetic acid.

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26
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What is added to NAD to form NADH?

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High energy electrons.

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27
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What are the 3 steps of pyruvate oxidation?

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  1. Pyruvic acid loses a carbon as CO2
  2. Breakdown of the fuel generates NADH
  3. Acetic acid attaches to coenzyme A
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28
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What does the Krebs cycle produce?

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CO2 when carbon is lost.

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29
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What is formed in the Kerbs cycle and why?

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NADH and FADH2 to carry high energy electrons.

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30
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Where does electron transport chain occur?

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Inner mitochondiral membrane

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31
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What electron carriers start ETC?

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NADH and NADH2

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32
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What do the electrons pass through?

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Proteins

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33
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What do the proteins in the ETC also pump and to where?

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Protons (H+) from the matrix to the inner membrane space

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34
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What do the final electrons do?

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They are accepted by oxygen to form water

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35
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What is oxygen called?

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Their terminal electron accepter

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36
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What is the effect of the proteins pumping H+ in the ETC?

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A high concentration of H+ is in the intermembrane space and a low concentration in the matrix. (Membrane potential)

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37
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How do H+ diffuse?

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Down their concentration gradient through ATP synthase. (Intermembrane space to matix)

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38
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What does the movement of H+ through ATP synthase cause?

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Causes the enzyme to rotate and form ATP from ADP and phosphate (Oxidative phosphorylation)

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39
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In what step of cellular respiration do we breathe in oxygen?

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Oxidative phosphorylation (oxphos)

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40
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In what step of cellular respiration do we produce carbon dioxide?

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Krebs pyruvate oxidation

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41
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How are macromolecules besides carbohydrates processed?

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They are broken down by specific enzymes

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42
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What is aerobic respiration?

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Metabolic processes that require oxygen

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43
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What is anaerobic respiration?

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Metabolic processes that do not directly require oxygen nor does it rely on an oxygen-requiring process

44
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Where does fermentation occur?

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Cytosol

45
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What is the purpose of fermentation?

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To recycle NADH into NAD+ when oxygen is absent

46
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Why is fermentation important?

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Because if there isn’t NAH+ glycolysis cannot proceed, and the cell cannot make ATP

47
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What type of fermentation do yeast and a few other microorganisms use?

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Alcoholic fermentation

48
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What does alcoholic fermentation produce?

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Ethanol and CO2

49
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Does ethanol fermentation produce ATP?

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Yes

50
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What are the reactants and products of Ethanol Fermentation?

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Glucose, 2 Ethyl alcohol

51
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What are many cells, especially muscle cells, capable of?

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Lactic acid fermentation

52
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What happens if lactic acid is collected in your muscle cells?

A

You feel soreness

53
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What are the reactants and products of Lactic Acid Fermentation?

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Glucose, 2 lactic acid

54
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What is photosynthesis?

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The process of using sunlight to make food

55
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What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?

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Reactants: CO2 and H2O
Products: C6H12O6 (glucose, organic molecules) and O2

56
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What is the driving force of the reaction in photosynthesis?

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Light

57
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What does light do?

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It adds energy

58
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What are autotrophs?

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Self-feeders

59
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Where to autotrophs obtain their energy?

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From non-living sources, usually the sun but can be from chemical reactions

60
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What are photoautotrophs?

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Producers that use energy from the sun to complete photosynthesis

61
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What is a heterotroph?

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Organisms that obtains energy from other living things

62
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What are consumers?

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Heterotrophs that usually gain their energy from cellular respiration

63
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What organelle is used in photosynthesis?

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Chloroplasts

64
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What are the different parts of the chloroplasts?

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Thylakoids, grana, stroma, lumen

65
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What are thylakoids?

A

Sac-like photosynthetic membranes

66
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What are grana?

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Stacks of thylakoids (singular=granum)

67
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What are stroma?

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The fluid portion of the chlorplast

68
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What are lumen?

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The fluid inside of the thylakoid

69
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What is light?

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A form of energy

70
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How do plants use light?

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To help break water molecules. They can absorb some colors but not all of the colors

71
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What is chlorophyll?

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The light harnessing pigment that allows plants to harvest light energy

72
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What do accessory pigments do?

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Help the plants absorb as much of the spectrum as possible

73
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In what form does photosynthesis generate energy?

A

ATP

74
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How does photosynthesis store energy?

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As glucose

75
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What do light reactions require?

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The direct involvement of light and light absorbing pigments.

76
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Where do light reactions occur?

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Thylakoid Membrane

77
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What do light reactions involve?

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An electron transport chain and ATP synthase

78
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What are dark reactions?

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Light-independent reactions and the Calvin cycle

79
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Where do dark reactions occur?

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The stroma

80
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What are the products of light reactions used for?

A

To fix CO2 into sugar

81
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What is needed for dark reactions to occur?

A

Light reactions

81
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What is needed for light reactions to occur?

A

Dark reactions

81
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What does NADPH have that NADH did not?

A

A phosphate

82
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What is the carrier molecule used in photosynthesis?

A

NADP+

83
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What do light-dependent reactions do?

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Use energy from sunlight to convert water into oxygen and ACP and NADP+ into ATP and NADPH

84
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How do light reactions use an electron transport chain?

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To create ATP and NADPH

85
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What are photosystems?

A

Protein complexes that help the elections move through the electron transport chain using light

86
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What do the pigments in photosystems do?

A

Absorb sunlight and generate high-energy electrons that are easier to pass through the electron transport chain

87
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What do electron transport chains do?

A

Pump protons into the lumen

88
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What does the high proton concentration allow?

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Allows ATP to be generated by oxidative phosphorylation using synthase.

89
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What are the reactants of light reactions?

A

Water, ADP, and NADP+ plus light

90
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What are the products of light reactions?

A

O2, ATP, NADPH

91
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What is the electron donor in light reactions?

A

Water

92
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What are electron acceptors in light reactions?

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NADPH

93
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What colors are absorbed by cholophyll?

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Blue, purple, and red

94
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What color is reflected by cholophyll?

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Green

95
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What is released or “breathed out” of a plant?

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O2

96
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What enter the dark reactions as reactants?

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ATP and NADPH

97
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What are the products of light reactions used for?

A

To stick carbon dioxide molecules together

98
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What is combined in the Dark Reaction?

A

CO2 and RuBP

99
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What enzyme combined carbon dioxide with RuBP?

A

Rubisco

100
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What do the new 6 carbon molecules do?

A

Split to form 3 carbon compound with 1 phosphorus attached to it

101
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What do the 3 carbon molecules do?

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1 of the 3 is combined with others to make sugar and other organic compounds. The other 3 carbon molecules are used to make RuBP again

102
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What are the reactants of Dark Reactions?

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CO2 “breathed in” and ATP and NADPH (from light reactions)

103
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What are the products of dark reactions?

A

Sugar, ADP, and NAPH+

104
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What do the ADP and NADP+ do in dark reactions?

A

They are sent back to the light dependent reactions

105
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What is used to make all of the parts of the plant?

A

Sugar

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