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Autotrophs
"Self-feeders", make their own food
Heterotrophs
"other-feeders", cannot make their own food
Where does photosynthesis occur?
In the chloroplasts
The gas exchange part of a plant is called what?
Stomata
Thick fluid outside the chloroplasts
stroma
Chlorophyll is found inside what?
The thylakoid
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide, water and light
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and oxygen
Energized electrons are added to what to make sugar?
Carbon Dioxide
The stroma can be found where?
Outside the chloroplasts
What provides the energy required in photosynthesis?
Sunlight
Photosynthesis is composed of what two parts?
The photo part (light reactions) and the synthesis part (Calvin cycle)
What occurs during the photo part of photosynthesis?
Light reactions convert solar energy to chemical energy
What occurs during the synthesis part of photosynthesis?
The Calvin cycle makes sugar from carbon dioxide
The two parts of photosynthesis happen inside what?
The Chloroplasts
Light reaction phase of photosynthesis occurs inside what?
Thykaloid membrane
The Calvin cycle happens inside what part of the chloroplast?
Stroma
Chloroplasts are powered by what?
The sun
Chloroplasts convert solar energy into what?
Chemical energy
Sunlight is a type of energy called what?
Radiation or electromagnetic energy
The pigment that absorbs sunlight is found inside what?
Thykaloids
What are the 3 pigments of chloroplast?
Chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids.
Which pigment serves as a protective pigment?
Carotenoids
Which pigment is the most direct and critical?
Chlorophyll a
What color is chlorophyll a
Blue-green
What color is carotenoids?
Orange
Discrete packets of energy is called?
Photons
Photons are absorbed by what?
Chlorophyll molecules
Stacks of thykaloids are called?
Granum
Two types of photosystems cooperate in the light reaction, what are they?
Water-splitting and NADPH-producing
What connects the two photosystems?
An electron transport chain
What is produced in the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis?
Glucose
What is required for the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis?
CO2, ATP and NADPH
Exact copying of a cell is called what?
Mitosis
A human cell contains how many chromosomes?
46 or 23 pairs
Chromatin is a combination of what?
DNA and protein molecules
Chromosomes are made of?
Chromatin
Before a cell divides it duplicates all of its chromosomes resulting in two copies called?
Sister chromatids
The organized process the cell goes through is called the ?
Cell cycle
The cell cycle consists of what two distinct phases?
Interphase and Mitotic phase
Sister chromatids are joined together by?
Centromeres
What happens in the S phase?
The copying of genetic material, or DNA
What are the 4 phases of mitosis in order?
1. Prophase
2.Metaphase
3. Anaphase
4. Telophase
Mitosis creates what type of cell?
Diploid
The mitotic spindle forms during what phase of mitosis?
Prophase
The sister chromatids line-up in what phase of mitosis?
Metaphase
The sister chromatids separate during what phase of mitosis?
Anaphase
Division of the cytoplasm is called?
Cytokinesis
In what phase of mitosis can we observe the cleavage furrow?
Telophase
Cytokinesis happens during what phase?
Telophase
Is cytokinesis the same in both animal and plant cells?
No
What forms during cytokinesis in plants?
Cell plate
A disease of the cell cycle is called?
Cancer
Sexual reproduction depends on what two things?
Meiosis and fertilization
Half the number of normal chromosomes is called?
Haploid
A typical human body cell is called a what?
Somatic cell
XX are the chromosomes of who?
Females
XY are the chromosomes of who?
Males
Orderly arrangement of cells is called a?
Karyotype
matching pairs of chromosomes are called what?
Homologous chromosomes
How many pairs of Autosomes do human have?
22 pairs
How many pairs of sex chromosomes do human cells have?
1 pair
Meiosis involves how many generations of division?
2
Crossing over occurs in what type of division?
Meiosis
All the differences of meiosis happen in what generation?
Meiosis 1
Crossing over occurs during what phase of meiosis?
Prophase 1
A cell that contains half of the genetic material can be called a what?
Haploid cell
What happens in nondisjunction?
The members of a chromosome pair fail to separate during anaphase
What is produced in nondisjunction?
gametes with an incorrect number of chromosomes
What can result from a gamete with an extra chromosome?
Down syndrome
chromosome 21 or trisomy 21 refers to what?
Down syndrome
Green pigment located inside the chloroplasts
chlorophyll
interconncected membrane sacs
thylakoids
interior of the thylakoids
thylakoid space
what happens when the chloroplasts split water
it turns to hydrogen and oxygen
Water-splitting happens during what phase of photosynthesis?
the photo phase
What 3 types of light can be produced from the chloroplast?
Reflected, absorbed, transmitted
The entire range of radiation is known as the ?
Electromagnetic spectrum
The entire range of radiation is known as the ?
Electromagnetic spectrum
What spectrum's of light work best for photosynthesis?
Violet-blue and red
What color light do carotenoids absorb?
Violet and blue-green
reaction-center complex can be found in where?
A photosystem
All body cells except the reproductive cells are called?
Somatic cells
the shortest part of the cell cycle is the ?
Mitotic (M) phase
The assembly of spindle mircotubules starts at ?
The Centrosome
A subcellular region containing material that functions throughout the cell cycle to organize the cells mirotubules
centrosome
Where and when does the mitotic spindle begin to form?
Cytoplasm during prophase
The two chromosomes composing a pair having the same length, centromere position and staining pattern are called?
Homologous chromosomes
cells with single chromosome sets are called?
Haploid cells
The nuclear envelope starts to disappear during what phase?
Prophase
The nuclear envelope reappears during what phase?
Telophase
located at the center of the centrosomes.
centrioles