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The most common photosynthetic pigment is
Chlorophyll
What is the function of a spectroscope?
Splits white light into rainbow colors
Filters used on the spectroscope_____all colors except the color of the filter, which_____light through the filter
Absorbs; transmits
In the spectroscope activity, the green filter represents which pigment?
Chlorophyll
What does the Calvin-Benson cycle produce?
glucose
What is the scientific name for an organism which produces it own food?
Autotroph
What is the grana?
Stacks of thylakoid membranes
The light reactions convert light energy into_______, ______
ATP/NADPH
The Calvin Cycle uses ATP/NADPH to reduce_____
Carbon dioxide
What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
CO2, H2O
In photosynthesis, light energy is captured by _____
Chlorophyll
Xyanthophyll
Caratene
A device useful for viewing the spectrum of light is a
spectroscope
In which part of the chloroplast do the two phases of photosynthesis occur?
Light phase/grana, Dark phase/stroma
Plants store their energy as________
carbohydrates
A paper chromatogram is useful for
Separating pigments based on their physical characteristics
Products and byproducts of photosynthesis do NOT include
CO2
Glucose and_____are consumed during cellular respiration
Oxygen
Which part of a eukaryotic cell is involved in cellular respiration?
Mitochondria
Which is not a by-product of cellular respiration?
Glucose
What is the first stage of cellular respiration ?
Glycolysis
In glycolysis, each glucose molecule is broken down to two molecules of
Pyruvate (or pyruvic acid)
In a eukaryotic cell, most of the ATP derived from glucose during cellular respiration is produced by____________
Electron transport chain
Upon entering the mitochondrea, pyruvic acid molecules are converted to
Acetyl CoA
Without oxygen, glycolysis allows cells to make small amounts of ATP through
fermentation
Most of the ATP produced by the electron transport chain is generated from the oxidative phosphorylation of NADH and ___________
FADH2
10. At the end of cellular respiration, a eukaryotic cell can yield a net total of___molecules per glucose molecule.
36
What does the slope of non-germinating peas look like?
Flat-no slope
What happens to the oxygen level in germinating peas?
decreases
_____only occur(s) in the gonads to produce gametes.
meiosis
During which stage of mitosis do the centromeres split?
anaphase
What is the correct order of mitosis?
Prophase metaphase anaphase telophase
Meiosis results in_____ 4 haploid daughter cells
4 haploid daughter cells
The picture depicts what phase of meiosis
Prophase II
Crossing over occurs during
Prophase I
Name two differences between mitosis in plant and animal cells.
Animal cells have centromer and undergo furrowing. Plant cells forma cell plate.
In which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication take place
Synthesis phase (S)
12. What is nondisjuction?
When the chromosomes fail to separate in anaphase
When the chromosomes fail to separate in anaphase
What genetic disorder can result from nondisjunction?
Trisomy 21 or Down Syndrom
During oogenesis, 1 egg is produced along with three_____ ______
Polar Bodies
If you are homozygous dominant for a trait and your spouse is heterozygous for the same trait, what is the probability that you will have a child with the recessive trait?
0%
If you have a genotype of AaBB, what will be the potential genotypes of your gametes?
AB, aB
In corn, purple colored kernels (P) are dominant over yellow (p). In a cross between a purple eared corn plant and a yellow eared corn plant, the resulting ear of corn has ~ 87 purple kernels and ~95 yellow kernels. What the the genotypes of the parent ears?
Pp, pp
What is the term used to describe the physical expression of your genes?
phenotype
What is this square diagram called
Punnett's square
Hitchhiker’s thumb is a recessive trait. If you express the trait but neither of your parents do, what is your parents genotype?
Heterozygous Aa, Aa
A hybrid is an offspring of parents that differ in genetically determined traits.
True
What is a phenotype?
The outward expression of your genes
What is an allele?
An alternate form of a gene