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BSC 108 Exam 2 (University Of Alabama) –
Actual Questions With Answers
The process of photosynthesis does what? -correct-answer-captures light energy
from the sun and converts it to chemical energy stored in sugars and other organic
molecules
Equation for Photosynthesis in Words -correct-answer-water + carbon Dioxide +
light energy --> glucose + oxygen
Equation for Photosynthesis -correct-answer-6H2O + 6CO2 + light energy -->
C6H12O6 + 6O2
Water enters plants through? -correct-answer-their roots
Carbon Dioxide enters plants through? -correct-answer-pores in the leaf called
stomata
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Photosynthesis occurs in? -correct-answer-chloroplast
Structure of a chloroplast -correct-answer-stroma, thylakoid membrane, grana,
inner and outer membrane
Chlorophyll molecules are embedded in the? -correct-answer-inner thylakoid
membrane
The primary function of plant pigments is? -correct-answer-to absorb solar energy
What happens in light dependent reactions? -correct-answer-Energy from
sunlight is absorbed and converted into chemical energy (ATP)
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) are Haploid or Diploid cells? -correct-answer-
Haploid cells
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) are produced during? -correct-answer-meiosis
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Gametes (sperm and egg cells) fuse during? -correct-answer-fertilization
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) produce what during fertilization? -correct-
answer-diploid zygote (fertilized egg)
What is created from the diploid zygote (fertilized egg)? -correct-answer-Mitosis
and development creates a multicellular diploid adult
Where does meiosis occur in males? -correct-answer-in the testes as part of
spermatogenesis (sperm production)
Where does meiosis occur in females? -correct-answer-in the ovaries as part of
oogenesis (production of eggs)
Meiosis reduces the number of chromosome sets from diploid to haploid by? -
correct-answer-dividing a diploid parent cell into 4 haploid daughter cells in two
consecutive divisions
BSC 108 Exam 2 (University Of Alabama) –
Actual Questions With Answers
The process of photosynthesis does what? -correct-answer-captures light energy
from the sun and converts it to chemical energy stored in sugars and other organic
molecules
Equation for Photosynthesis in Words -correct-answer-water + carbon Dioxide +
light energy --> glucose + oxygen
Equation for Photosynthesis -correct-answer-6H2O + 6CO2 + light energy -->
C6H12O6 + 6O2
Water enters plants through? -correct-answer-their roots
Carbon Dioxide enters plants through? -correct-answer-pores in the leaf called
stomata
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Photosynthesis occurs in? -correct-answer-chloroplast
Structure of a chloroplast -correct-answer-stroma, thylakoid membrane, grana,
inner and outer membrane
Chlorophyll molecules are embedded in the? -correct-answer-inner thylakoid
membrane
The primary function of plant pigments is? -correct-answer-to absorb solar energy
What happens in light dependent reactions? -correct-answer-Energy from
sunlight is absorbed and converted into chemical energy (ATP)
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) are Haploid or Diploid cells? -correct-answer-
Haploid cells
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) are produced during? -correct-answer-meiosis
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Gametes (sperm and egg cells) fuse during? -correct-answer-fertilization
Gametes (sperm and egg cells) produce what during fertilization? -correct-
answer-diploid zygote (fertilized egg)
What is created from the diploid zygote (fertilized egg)? -correct-answer-Mitosis
and development creates a multicellular diploid adult
Where does meiosis occur in males? -correct-answer-in the testes as part of
spermatogenesis (sperm production)
Where does meiosis occur in females? -correct-answer-in the ovaries as part of
oogenesis (production of eggs)
Meiosis reduces the number of chromosome sets from diploid to haploid by? -
correct-answer-dividing a diploid parent cell into 4 haploid daughter cells in two
consecutive divisions
