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_____ is lifes primary source of energy
Sunlight
energy can ______
not be created or destroyed can change from one form to another tends to disperse spontaneously
a measure of disorder always increases overall is
entropy
_____ are always changed by participating in a reaction
reactants intermediates
enzymes _______
are proteins except for a few RNA's lower the activation energy of a reaction
a metabolic pathway is/does _____________
enzyme-mediated reactions that build,s rearanges or breaks down an organic substance
a molecule that donates electrons becomes _______ and the one that accepts electrons becomes _____
oxidized; reduced
a free radical is an atom or molecule that _________
has too few electrons
redox reaction is not present at the reactions end
true or false
false
cofactor
assists enzymes
photosynthetic autotrophs use _____ from the air as a carbon source and ______ as their energy source
carbon dioxide, light
chlorophull a absorbs mainly violet and red light and reflects mainly ________ light
green
light dependent reactions in plants occur in the _________
thylakoid membrane
in the light dependent reactions ___________ is formed
ATP
what accumulates inside the thylakoid compartment during the light deppendent reactions?
hydrogen ions
when a photosystem absorbs light________
light dependent reactions begin
light independent reactions happen in the _________
stroma
the calvin-benson cycle starts when _________
carbon dioxide is attached to RuBP
what substance is not part of the calvin-benson cycle
O₂
a catt eats a bird which ate a caterpillar that chewed on a weed. which organisms are autotrophs? heterotrophs?
the cat bird and caterpillar are heterotrophs the weed is an autotroph
ATP & NADPH are required for the formation of
PGAL
CO₂fixation
rubiscos function
photolysis
water molecules split
glycolysis starts and ends in the
cytoplasm
which metabolic pathways require molecular oxygen
aerobic respiration
in eukaryotes aerobic respiration is completed in the
mitochondrion
which reaction pathway is not part of the second stage of aerobic respiration
electron transfer & glycolysis
after the krebs cycle runs ________ times one glucose molecule has been completely oxidized
two
in the third stage of aerobic respiration ______ is the final acceptor of electrons from glucose
oxygen
in alcoholic fermentation ________ is the final acceptor of electrons stripped from glucose
acetaldehyde
fermentation makes no more ATP beyond the small yield from glycolysis the remaining reactions regneerate _________
NAD+
glycolysis
glucose to two pyruvates
fermentation
NAD+ regenerated little ATP
during the krebs cycle _____________ form
ATP, NADH, FADH₂& CO₂
during electron transfer phosphorylation...
H+flows through ATP synthases
ATP is made by
photosynthesis, degradation of organic compounds, anarobic fermentation & aerobic resparition
what liberates the most energy in the form of ATP
aerobic respiration
how many ATP molecules are produced per molecule of glucose degraded during glycolysis?
2
the end product of glycolysis is
pyruvate
the first intermediate produced after the entry of acetyl CoA into the krebs cycle is
citrate
the last intermediate produced in the krebs cycle before the entry of the next acetyl-CoA is
oxaloacetate
the greatest number of ATP molecules is produced in the
electron transfer phosphorylation
under anaerobic conditions muscle cells produce
lactate
the main source of energy in a normal human diet is
carbohydrates
excess glucose in the human diet can result in accumulation of
fat
various forms of a gene at a given locus are called
alleles
the activation energy of a reaction refers to theminimum amount of energy
necessary to cause ot to proceed on its own
endergonic reactions
require a net input of energy
ATP contains
adenine
what easily gives up phosphate groups, primes stable molecules to react, is the energy currency in the cell's economy and is made by all cells
ATP
enzymes allow some reactions to occur that would never occur with out them
false
enzyme activity may be affected by
salinity, pH, inhibitors & the presence of cofactors
the first event of photosynthesis is the
transfer of an electron from chlorophyll
the carbon source for organisms that derive their energy from photosynthesis is
CO₂
what occures in the light independent reactions of photosynthesis?
glucose is produced
a high concentration of H+ in the thylakoid compartment provides energy for the ______ by ______
production of ATP; ATP synthesis
whit is not produced in the synthesis (light independent) reactions?
NADPH
the first stable compound produced from CO₂in the light independent reaction is
PGA
what donates phosphate in the calvin-benson cycle?
ATP
what compound has 6 carbon atoms?
glucose
what process is not associated with light independent reactions
reduction of NADP+