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Exam 3
Cell Photosynthesis
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/28/2014

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Term
The internal membranes within the chloroplast are organized into flattened sacs called ______________
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Thylakoid
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Molecules capable of absorbing lots of light are________
Definition
Pigments
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Within chloroplasts, the fluid -like matrix in which the Calven cycle occurs is called
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Stroma
Term
The reactants of photosynthesis are
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Water and carbon dioxide
Term
Animals depend on __________ to convert solar energy to chemicla energy.
Definition
Plants
Term
Plants and other organisms that make all their own organic matter from inorganic nutrients and are self feeders are consederd ___________________
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Autotroghs / Producers
Term
Humen and other animals that cannot make organic molecules from inorganic ones and feed on plants or other animals
Definition
Heterotrophs / Consumers
Term
Name some examples of producers
Definition
Kelp Euglena Mosses Ferns
Term
________________ is the process that captures light energy and transforms into the chemical energy and males organic molecules ( carbohydrates )
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Photosynthesis
Term
Where does photosynthesis take place in a plant cell
Definition
Chloroplasts
Term
Where is chloroplast found in the cells of a plant or leaf?
Definition
Middle Layer of the mesophyll interior of the leaf
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What is the substance called that the thylakoid membrane system is submerged in the chloroplast
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Stroma
Term
What is the membranous sacs called in a chlorplast that are stacked on top of each other called
Definition
Thylakoid
Term
The primary pigment molecule of most plants that photosystems is_______________
Definition
chlorophyll
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What color does chlorophyll a absorbs that makes the plant look green
Definition
Blue-violet and red light
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What color does chlorophyll a absorbs that makes the plant look yellow-green
Definition
blue and orange
Term
The full range of radiation is called
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Electromagnetic spectrum
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What group of accessory pigments capter violet to blue -green light
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Carotenoids
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What kind of pigments capture other wavelengths that are not in the chlorophyll a and b
Definition
accessory pigments
Term
What is the color of carotenoids
Definition
orange-yellow pigments
Term
Fall colors are produced by what pigments?
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Carotenoids and Xanthophylls
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What pigments absorbs blue green light
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Xanthophylls
Term
Where is water absorbed in plants
Definition
roots
Term
CO2 enters leafs and plants what exits the leaf
Definition
o2
Term
Photosythesis takes place in two stages what are they?
Definition
Light Dependent Reaction and Light Independent Reaction
Term
CO2 enters, and O2 exits the leaf through__________
Definition
Stomata
Term
When water is abondent in leave the stomata is_______
Definition
Large
Term
When the water is scarce in the leave the stomata is _________
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small
Term
What photosynthesis reaction captures energy from sunlight using energy to make ATP?
Definition
Light - dependent reactions
Term
What cycle in chloroplast makes sugar from carbon dioxide
Definition
Calvin Cycle
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What is made-up of glucose molecules in plants that uses energy storage polysaccharide
Definition
Starch
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What photosynthesis reaction uses ATP to power the synthesis of carbohydrates from CO2
Definition
Light - Independent reactions
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