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Biogeochemical Cycles |
The movement of abiotic factors between the living and nonliving components within ecosystems; also known as nutrient cycles |
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Abiotic Factor |
Any nonliving component of an ecosystem |
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Biotic Factor |
Any living component of an ecosystem |
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Ecosystem |
A system composed of organisms and nonliving componenets of an envrinment |
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Carbon Cycle |
The movement of carbon through the ecosystem, from the air into producers and back into concsumers |
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Producer |
An organism that uses a primary energy source to conduct photosynthesis or chemosynthesis |
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Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) |
A molecule that provides energy for cellular reactions and processes |
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Adenosine Diphosphate (ADP) |
A molecule that has provided energy for cellular reactions, can bind to a phosphate group again to store more energy |
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Photon |
A particle of light |
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NADP |
An energy storage molecule found in plant cells, it can bind to a proton (H+) to store energy |
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NADPH |
An energy storage molecule found in plant cells, already storing energy through the bond between NADP+ and H+ |
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NAD+ |
An energy storage molecule found in all cells, it can bind to a proton (H+) to store energy |
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NADH |
An energy storage molecule found nin all cells, storing energy in the bond between NAD+ and H+ |
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FAD |
An energy storage molecule found in eukaryotic cells, it can bind to protons (H+) to store energy |
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FADH2 |
An energy storage molecule found in eukaryotic cells, storing energy in the bonds between FAD and (H+) |
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Photosynthesis |
A process in which solar radiation is chemically captured by chlorophyll molecules and through a set of controlled chemical reactions resulting in the potential chemical energy in the bonds of carbohydrate molecules. |
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Where does photosynthesis take place? |
In the Chloroplasts of a plant cell |
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Grana |
Stacked columns of Thylakoids |
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Thylakoid membrane |
A membrane-bound compartment inside the choloroplast, it is the site of all light-dependent reactions |
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Chlorophyll |
Found within the thylakoid, it collects the light energy and has the green pigment of the plant |
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Aerobic Respiration |
The use of oxygen to break down sugars into CO2 and energy |
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Anaerobic Respiration |
The breakdown of sugars into CO2 and energy without the aid of oxygen |
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Anerobic Respiration is also called this: |
Fermentation |
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Which provides less energy, Aeorbic or Anerobic Respiration? |
Anaerobic |
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True or Fals: Glycolysis occurs in all cells |
True |