THE ROOTS
IN THE GREEN
THE BASICS
IT'S ALL CHEMISTRY!
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT
100
Word meaning "to make"
What is synthesize?
100
Organelle where photosynthesis takes place
What is a chloroplast?
100
An organism that produces its own food its considered this.
What is an autotroph?
100
The chemical reaction that uses inorganic molecules and sunlight to make organic molecules.
What is photosynthesis?
100
The process of breaking down food
What is digestion?
200
Word meaning "light"
What is photo?
200
Green pigment in plants
What is chlorophyll?
200
Plants and plant-like organisms are the beginning of these
What is a food web/chain?
200
Chemical reaction using water and light.
What are light reactions?
200
These are the monomers of proteins
What are amino acids?
300
Word ending referring to sugar
What is -ose?
300
The light reactions take place here
What are thylakoids?
300
Higher temperatures and more intese lighting will do this to the rate of photosynthesis
What is increase?
300
This is the complete, balance chemical equation for photosynthesis
What is 6 CO2 + H2O + light --> C6H12O6 + 6 O2
300
This enzyme breaks down lipids
What is lipase?
400
Word referring to water
What is hydro?
400
This is the where the dark reaction occurs
What is the stroma?
400
A molecule that carries high energy electrons.
What is NADPH?
400
This requires the energy produced in the previous reaction
What is the dark reaction/light independent reactions/Calvin cycle?
400
These absorb nutrients in the small intestine
What are villi?
500
Water enters the plant through the roots, but leaves through this process.
What is transpiration?
500
These pigments are responsible for the change in leaf colors in the fall
What is chlorophyll b and caretenoids?
500
Energy in ATP is stored in the bonds between these
What are phosphates?
500
This enzyme only works in acidic conditions (pH 2.5)
What is pepsin?
500
A bolus is pushed down the esophagus through this movement.
What is peristalsis?
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