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Photosynthesis |
Process by which plants harness solar energy, convert to chemical energy. 3.5 billion years old. |
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Heterotrophs |
Organisms obtained carbon by consuming preexisting organic molecules |
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Autotrophs |
Organisms that make own organic compounds from inorganic substances. (Water/Carbon Dio) |
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Chloroplasts |
Organelles of photosynthesis in plants and algae |
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What does photosystem I make? |
NADPH |
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What does Photosystem II do? |
Makes ATP and uses energy from light |
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What are all the products of cellular respiration? |
C02, WATER, AND ATP |
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Energy sources of photosynthesis? |
Sunlight and ATP |
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Anarobic respirtion is common in what organism? |
Dysentery, E. Coli |
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Why are leaves green? |
Chlorophyll pigment reflects and transmits green light |
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Where does glycolsis take place? |
Cytoplasm |
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In animals, what is the primary organelle that makes ATP? |
Mitochonria |
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Difference between auto and heterotrophic? |
Hetero - Consume energy Auto - Creates energy |
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4 Nitrogen bases that are associated with DNA |
AG;TC
Adenine, Guanine Thymine, Cytosine |
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The type of bonds that connect sugar to the phosphate? |
Covalent bond |
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What is the structure that houses DNA, ribosome and enzymes? |
Stroma |
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What is the type of bond that connects the nitrogen base together? |
Hydrogen bond |
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Initiation, elongation, and termination are the main steps what process? |
Transcription |
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What are the building blocks of nucleic acid? |
Nucleotides - sugars, nitrogen base, phosphorus |
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What type of RNA carries the amino acid to the ribosome? |
tRNA (Transfer RNA) |
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Reactants of photosynthesis |
Water & Carbon Dioxide |
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What enzyme begins building the DNA molecule? |
Primase |
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What is the name given that makes up the DNA coding? |
Gene |
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What are the two nitrogen bases that make up purines? |
Adenine and Guanine |
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What is a frameshift mutation? |
frameshift mutation (also called a framing error or a reading frame shift) is a genetic mutation caused by indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three. |
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Byproduct of photosynthesis? |
Oxygen and glucose |
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What are the rungs of the DNA matter? |
Guanine, Adenine Thymine, Cytosine |
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What are reactants of cellular respiration? |
Glucose and Pyruvate |
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What compound starts the Krebs Cycle |
Acetyl, COA |
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In what phase of mitosis does transcription occur? |
Interphase |
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What enzyme unwinds the DNA molecule? |
Helicase |
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Where does the Krebs Cycle take place? |
Mitochondria |
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Characteristics of Calvin Cycle? |
Uses NADPH, ATP Outputs ADP+ and NADP+ Byproduct is glucose Takes in CO2 |
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What are the causes of mutation? |
Sponteneity Exposure to radiation and chemicals Crossover errors Germline mutation in gametes |
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What does the Krebs Cycle produce? |
8 NADH, 2 FADH, 26 ATP |
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Name given to the stack of thylakoids? |
Granum |
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What is the name of the membrane with the photosynthetic pigments? |
Thylakoid |
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What is a nonsense mutation? |
Premature stop of Codon mRNA Incomplete, nonfunctional protein produt |
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Where does electron transport take place? |
Inner membrane of Mitochondria |
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Difference between DNA and RNA |
RNA Uracil, Ribose sugar Single strand
DNA Thymine, deoxyribose, double helix |
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Products of photosynthesis? |
Glucose and Oxygen |
