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BIOL 1406 Lab Final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
An energy capturing process by which sunlight is converted to chemical
energy to synthesize carbohydrates Ans: Photosynthesis
What makes the capture of light possible? Ans: pigments
a compound that absorbs a particular wavelength of visible light Ans:
pigment
shorter wavelengths carry _____ energy than longer wavelengths Ans:
more
6 Carbon Dioxide + 6 water + light energy >>> sugar + 6 Oxygen Ans:
photosynthesis
4 characteristics of chlorophyll Ans: > green pigment
> absorbs red and violet light
> most abundant
> primary pigment of photosynthesis
What are the two accessory pigments? Ans: >carotenoids
>Anthocyanins
What colors do Carotenoids come in? Ans: red, orange, yellow
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What colors do Anthocyanins come in? Ans: red, blue
sight of photosynthesis in plants Ans: chloroplasts
Thylakoid Ans: flattened sacs inside chloroplast on which light reactions
of photosynthesis take place
Grana Ans: stacks of thylakoids
Occurs on the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast Ans: light
dependent reactions
What are the raw materials of light dependent reactions? Ans: sunlight
& water
What are the products of light dependent reactions? Ans: >>ATP
>>NADPH
>>O2
Occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast Ans: light independent reactions
A metabolic process whereby the utilization of oxygen and the breakdown
of glucose yields chemical energy in the form of ATP Ans: cellular
respiration
What are the three phases of cellular respiration? Ans: >>Glycolysis
>>Krebs
>>Electron Transport Chain
Where does glycolysis occur? Ans: cytoplasm
Where do Krebs and Electron Transport Chain occur? Ans: In the
mitochondria of eukaryotic cells
BIOL 1406 Lab Final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
An energy capturing process by which sunlight is converted to chemical
energy to synthesize carbohydrates Ans: Photosynthesis
What makes the capture of light possible? Ans: pigments
a compound that absorbs a particular wavelength of visible light Ans:
pigment
shorter wavelengths carry _____ energy than longer wavelengths Ans:
more
6 Carbon Dioxide + 6 water + light energy >>> sugar + 6 Oxygen Ans:
photosynthesis
4 characteristics of chlorophyll Ans: > green pigment
> absorbs red and violet light
> most abundant
> primary pigment of photosynthesis
What are the two accessory pigments? Ans: >carotenoids
>Anthocyanins
What colors do Carotenoids come in? Ans: red, orange, yellow
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What colors do Anthocyanins come in? Ans: red, blue
sight of photosynthesis in plants Ans: chloroplasts
Thylakoid Ans: flattened sacs inside chloroplast on which light reactions
of photosynthesis take place
Grana Ans: stacks of thylakoids
Occurs on the thylakoid membrane of the chloroplast Ans: light
dependent reactions
What are the raw materials of light dependent reactions? Ans: sunlight
& water
What are the products of light dependent reactions? Ans: >>ATP
>>NADPH
>>O2
Occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast Ans: light independent reactions
A metabolic process whereby the utilization of oxygen and the breakdown
of glucose yields chemical energy in the form of ATP Ans: cellular
respiration
What are the three phases of cellular respiration? Ans: >>Glycolysis
>>Krebs
>>Electron Transport Chain
Where does glycolysis occur? Ans: cytoplasm
Where do Krebs and Electron Transport Chain occur? Ans: In the
mitochondria of eukaryotic cells
