Unit A PQ What I know Flashcards
An autotroph is an organism that
sustains itself without eating other organisms
an autotroph gets its carbon from
carbon dioxide
A heterotroph is an ogranism that gets its energy from
organic molecules
A heterotroph gets its carbon from
organic molecules
Photosynthetic autotrophs get their energy from
light
In a Plant cell, the light reactions of photosynthesis take place in the
chloroplasts
what colours work best for photosynthesis
blue and red
the red,orange and yellow colours of autumn leavs are caused by light reflected from
cartenoids
A source of protons for the porton gradient within a chloroplast is
water
How many carbon atoms are there in a molecule of RuBP
5
Plants store glucose as
starch
What macromolecule is formed during the light independent reactions of photosynthesis
carbohdyrates
Photosynthesis is he transformation of_____energy to___Energy
Sunlight,chemical
In a plant cell, the light independent reactions of photosynthesis take place in the
Chloroplast