Unit four bio Flashcards
Homeostasis
Balance of temperature
Autotrophs
Make their own food
Heterotrophs
Obtain their food from outside sources
Chemical energy
Stored potential energy found in the bonds between atoms
ATP
Adenosine triphosphate or a molecule that transports energy inside a cell. Both plants and animals use cellular respiration to release energy stored in glucose to form ATP.
Energy transformations
Creating more useful forms of energy
Photosynthesis
Transforms solar energy into chemical energy
Inputs for photosynthesis
6CO2+6H2O
Products of photosynthesis
C6H1206+6O2
Chloroplasts
Where photosynthesis takes place
Grana
Stack of membrane bubbles where the light dependent reactions occur
Thylakoid membranes
Pancake like bubbles that electron transport reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis.
ETC
Electron transport chain (transports energized electrons).
ATP Synthesis
Produces ATP
Stroma
Fluid filled space where light independent reactions (the Calvin Cycle) can occur