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What is a wavelength? |
The distance between the crests of two adjacent waves. |
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What is Stroma? |
A thick fluid inside chloroplasts where the Clavin cycle occurs |
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What is the Calvin Cycle? |
Light independent reactions of photosynthesis that ultimately produce a three-carbon sugar called G3P |
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What is Stomata? |
Pores through which gases are exchanged on the underside of a leaf |
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What is photosynthesis? |
A process where light energy is transformed into chemical energy |
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What is Chlorophyll? |
A pigment that converts solar energy into chemical energy |
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What wavelengths are absorbed by Chlorophyll a? |
Blue-violet & red |
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What wavelengths are absorbed by Chlorophyll b? |
Blue & orange |
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What wavelenghts are absorbed by Carotenoids? |
Blue-green |
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True or false? Tow photosystmes cooperate in the light reeactions to generate ATP and NADPH. |
True. |
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Short wavelenghts of light have _____ energy, while long wavelengths of light have _____ energy. |
High Low |
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What is the function of NADPH in the Calvin Cycle? |
Keeps the Calvin Cycle going, powers it to produce G3P and also provides the needed high-energy electrons. |
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Of the following metabolic processes, which one is common to both photosynthesis and cellular respiration? |
Reactions that store energy by pumping H+ ions across membranes. |
