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100

Photosynthesis occurs in plants while cellular respiration occurs in....

Animals

100

What is the main cycle in photosynthesis?

Calvin Cycle 

100

What are the two main cycles in cellular respiration?

Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle

100

What is the balanced reaction for photosynthesis?

6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

100

What is the balanced reaction for cellular respiration?

C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 34ATP + 6CO2 + 6H2O + Heat

200

Photosynthesis converts NADPH to NADP+ and cellular respiration converts NADH to ?

NAD+

200

What are the two sets of light reactions that occur during photosynthesis? 

Light reactions and Dark reactions

200

What happens during glycolysis and where does it occur?

Glucose is split in the cytoplasm 

200

Photosynthesis occurs in what organelle within the cell?

Chloroplast
200

Cellular respiration occurs in what organelle within the cell?

Mitochondria

300

Both of these cycles have a...

Electron Transport Chain or ATP synthase

300

Where in the cell is the thylakoid found?

Grana

300

What does PGALS stand for?

Phosphoglyceroldehyde

300

What waste product does photosynthesis produce?

Oxygen

300

1 molecule of glucose produces how many ATP?

38

400

Cellular Respiration stores energy while photosynthesis...

makes energy useable

400

What colors of light are more effective for photosynthesis? 

Blue and red or anything but green

400

What starts the Krebs cycle?

Pyruvates

400
What plant pigments are involved in photosynthesis? 

Chlorophyll A or Chlorophyll B

400

What step of cellular respiration generates the most ATP?

Electron Transport Chain (ETC)

500

Cellular respiration uses glucose while photosynthesis uses...

sunlight

500

How many carbons are always in the Calvin cycle? 

30 are always there, 6 enter from atmosphere and 6 leave to make glucose. 

500

What happens every time you lose a carbon in the Krebs cycle? 

CO2 is being released

500

What happens to water molecules in the light reactions? 

H2 and O2 are split, H2 is used and O2 is released. 

500

What builds up when you don't have enough energy to 'feed' the cycle?

Lactic Acid

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