Leaf Anatomy
What do we call the outermost, waxy layer of the leaf?
What is the Cuticle
What color are chloroplasts?
What is green
What part of the plant performs photosynthesis?
What is the Leaves and the Stem
What do we call the cycle of self-sustenance that plants utilize to turn CO2 from the air into Glucose(sugar)?
What is the Calvin Cycle
What state did Ms. Sautter visit over Thanksgiving Break?
What is Kentucky
What do we call the set of cells underneath the cuticle which protects the interior leaf?
What is the epidermis
What are the flattened sacs inside of chloroplasts on which the light reactions of photosynthesis take place?
What is the Thylakoids
Which proteins absorb the energy from the sun?
What is Photosystems I and II
What do we call the starting reactant and end product of the Calvin Cycle?
What is RuBP
What is the chemical formula for the main product of photosynthesis?
What is C6H12O6
What element flows out of the stomata?
What is Oxygen (o2)
What do we call the semi-permeable outermost layer of the chloroplast?
What is the outer membrane
What are the proteins which transport the electrons in between the Photosystems?
What is Electron Carriers
How many Calvin Cycles does it take to produce 1 Glucose?
What is 6 Calvin Cycles
What do the root words in Mesophyll mean?
What is Meso = Middle, Phyll = Leaf
What do we call cells on either side of the stomata which expand and contract to close and open the stomata?
What is the guard cells
What do we call the colorless fluid/space that surrounds the thylakoids?
What is the Stroma
What do we call the integral protein which diffuses H+ ions from inside the cell to outside the cell?
What is ATP synthase
What do we call the process by which CO2 is brought into the Calvin Cycle to produce a 6 Carbon product?
What is Carbon Fixation
When a photon of light energy reaches a reaction center chlorophyll molecule, what becomes excited?
What is an electron
What are the two parts of the mesophyll?
What is the Palisade layer and Spongy layer
What do we call a stack of thylakoids?
What is the Grana/Granum
What compound did the dot game award represent?
What is NADPH
What do we call the conversion of a 6 Carbon product into 2 G3Ps?
What is Reduction
What is the full name of Rubisco?
What is Ribulose biphosphate Carboxylase