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11 Cards in this Set
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Describe the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics in your own words:
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1st: Energy can go from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed
2nd: Energy cannot go from one from to another without the loss of heat energy |
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Define autotroph & heterotraph
Give ex of each |
Autotroph: Organisms that make their own food (Ex. Plants)
Hetertrophs: Organisms that need to ingest food to obtain energy (Ex. Humans) |
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Write out the overall reaction for Photosynthesis
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CO2 + H2O + Energy [Reactants]--> C6H1206 (Glucose) [Products]
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Write out the overall reaction for Cellular Respiration
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C6H1206 (Glucose) [Reactants] --> CO2 +H20 + Energy [Products]
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Why do leaves on trees turn orange, yellow, or red in the fall?
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Chlorophyl (green) gets sucked into the tree leaving all other (cheaper) colors that were there all along
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Describe the purpose (point) of the light reactions of photosynythesis
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Makes ATP & NADPH
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Describe the purpose (point) of the Calvin Cycle of photosynthesis
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Makes Sugar
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Put these forms of energy in order from most energetic (shortest wavelength) to lease energetic (longest wavelength)
[UV, Gamma, Visible, Radio, X-Ray, Infared, Microwaves) |
Gamma, X-Ray, UV, Visible, Infared, Micro, Radio
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What is NADPH
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Molecule carrying high energy electrons to the Calvin Cycle
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What does Robisco do?
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Molecule that catches C02 and begins making sugar with it
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