Week 15: Energy Transformation

Question 1

Metabolic process which transfers chemical energy from glucose (a deliverable fuel molecule) to ATP (a usable energy-rich molecule); most efficient in the presence of oxygen (aerobic)

Answer 1

cellular respiration

Question 2

The process by which carbon dioxide and water are converted to glucose and oxygen, using sunlight for energy

Answer 2

photosynthesis

Question 3

Property of matter that is defined as the ability to do work

Answer 3

energy

Question 4

The carbohydrate product of photosynthesis; serves as the universal fuel for life; C6H12O6.

Answer 4

glucose

Question 5

The organelle of photosynthesis; site of photosynthesis

Answer 5

chloroplast

Question 6

group of molecules, including chlorophyll, in the thylakoid membrane of a chloroplast; captures light energy

Answer 6

photosystems

Question 7

Molecules that absorb specific wavelengths (colors) of light

Answer 7

pigment molecules

Question 8

Space outside the thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast; site of the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis

Answer 8

stroma

Question 9

Theory that proposes that eukaryotic organelles, such as mitochondria, evolved from ancient, free-living prokaryotes that invaded other prokaryotic cells

Answer 9

Theory of Endosymbiosis

Question 10

Sub-organelle within the chloroplast; site of the light reactions of photosynthesis

Answer 10

thylakoid