Sunny side up: Photosynthesis
In addition to the byproduct oxygen, this is the product of photosynthesis (the Calvin cycle specifically) that is later made usable by cellular respiration.
What is glucose?
In aerobic cellular respiration yields this from 1 molecule of glucose via glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.
What is ATP?
This group of non-vascular plants produces a capsule (sporangia) that disperses spores when dried.
What is mosses or bryophyte (mosses, liverworts, hornworts)?
This is the process of assisting the recovery of an ecosystem after is has been deconstructed or destroyed.
What is restoration?
This is the genus for oaks.
What is Quercus?
These two accessory pigments are the reason for colorful leaves in the fall.
What is carotenes and xanthophylls?
The citric acid cycle (aka the Krebs cycle) takes place here.
What is the matrix of the mitochondrion?
This group of vascular plants produces a heart-shaped mature gametophyte (n).
What are ferns?
This is an effort to replace lost functional groups in an deconstructed or destroyed environment to allow natural processes to proceed.
What is rewilding?
This is the most common forest type in Illinois.
What is the Oak-history forest?
This is where the Calvin cycle happen in the mesophyll cells.
What is the stroma of the chloroplasts?
This 3 carbon molecule is a product of glycolysis and in the presence of oxygen is converted to Acetyl CoA.
What is pyruvate?
The pollen of this group of gymnosperms have "wings" that help then disperse.
What is Pines (or genus Pinus)?
This is when habitat is lost in a way that reduces the connectivity and gene flow in a population.
What is fragmentation?
This plant metabolism, is an adaptation that evolved some 30 million years ago and is named after a plant family with a succulent leaves, that are often lacking petioles, and have entire blade margins. Think Jade plants.
What is Crassulacean acid metabolism?
This type of photosynthesis is best utilized in plants with large vacuoles, living in hot environments.
What is crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)?
The ETC in cellular respiration removes electrons from these two molecules to release hydrogen ions that flow through ATP synthase creating ATP.
What is Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FADH2)?
Conifers that will soon be decorated for the holidays are representatives of this dominant generations in gymnosperms.
What is a sporophyte (2n)?
This list defines the extinction risk, range, and conservation actions for 17% of the world's plant species (and counting).
What is the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list.
This is the speciation of plants based on geographic isolation.
What is Allopatric speciation?
This occurs when Rubisco fixes oxygen instead of carbon dioxide and the plant ends up with 3-PGA and toxic compound.
What is photorespiration?
This is the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain of cellular respiration.
What is Oxygen?
This is the term for an organism that produces megaspores and microspores.
What is a heterosporous organism?
This is the process of recovery or change after disturbance.
What is succession?
Using species lists and mean coefficients of conservatism (C) this is an assessment of the plant species in an area.
What is the Floristic Quality Assessment?