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We get energy by |
Consuming food |
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Energy |
The ability to do work |
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Autotroph |
Organism that makes their own food |
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Heterotroph |
An organism that cannot make its own food |
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Energy is stored in the form of |
ATP |
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ATP is |
Adenosine Triphosphate |
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When energy is released |
Phosphate bond is broken |
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When energy is stored |
A phosphate bond is formed |
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ATP changes into ___ when energy is released |
ADP |
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The sun is |
The main energy source for most organisms |
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Photosynthesis |
A process done by autotrophs to make energy |
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The equation for photosynthesis |
CO2+H20+Light = C6H12O6+O2 |
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Chloroplast is |
A molecule that has a pigment that allows the plant to take in light and go through photosynthesis |
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There are two types of chlorophyll |
Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll b |
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Light dependent reactions |
Occur in the thylakoid/thylakoid membrane Require sunlight and water Produces ATP, NADPH, and Oxygen |
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Thylakoid membrane |
Disk shaped structures in the chloroplast that actually contain the pigment chlorophyll |
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Stroma |
Gel like substance surrounding the thylakoid |
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Grana |
The stacks of thylakoid |
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Aerobic respiration |
Requires oxygen Happens in the mitochondria |
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Anaerobic respiration |
Does not require oxygen Happens in the cytoplasm |
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Glycolysis |
An anaerobic process that breaks down glucose |
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The Kreb's cycle |
An aerobic process that produces 2 ATP CO2 FADH2 NADH |
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Electron transport chain |
Uses NADH AND FADH2 to make high energy electrons |
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2 types of anaerobic respiration |
1. Lactic acid fermentation 2. Alcoholic fermentation |
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Lactic acid fermentation |
Takes place in our muscles by producing an acid that harms our body. Reason we are sore after a workout |
