Category I
What percentage of oxygen that we breathe comes from algae?
70-80%
Process releases energy
A stack of disk-shaped thylakoids within a chloroplast.
granum
What percentage of oxygen is produced by rainforests?
20-30%
the process stores energy.
ATP
This uses up oxygen and produces carbon dioxide and is the opposite of how the Calvin Cycle works.
Calvin Cycle
Sunlight enters chloroplasts in plant cells, passing through the clear fluid in the chloroplasts
Stroma
What is the process whereby plants, algae, and some bacteria form simple sugars from carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light and chlorophyll?
photosynthesis
What is an example of a C4 plant?
Corn, sugarcane
What do photosynthetic organisms need to make glucose?
Light
carbon dioxide
Water
What phase in photosynthesis changes energy into a form that an organism can use by making special chemicals?
Light Dependent
What phase in photosynthesis captures the energy from sunlight?
Light independent
What is an example of a C3 plant?
Rice, wheat, soybeans, potatoes
What is an example of a CAM plant?
succulents, Pineapples, Cacti, and orchids
(Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)-->like an electron shuttle, when captures Hydrogen and two electrons
NADP+
only significant source of energy in many ecosystems.
Light Energy
A small opening in the undersides of leaves that regulates gas exchange.
Stomata
What is green, making plants and algae look green ⟶ absorbs all other colors and reflects green light.
Chlorophyll
Examples of plants being used other than for energy and food?
What produces energy in the form of ATP that can be used to fuel the processes of life for both producers and consumers?
Cellular Respiration
ATP provides energy to turn carbon dioxide and water into glucose.
Photorespiration
What are the 3 phases in cellular respiration?
1) Glycolysis
2) Citric acid cycle
3) Electron Transport Cycle
Where does Glycolysis take place?
Where does the citric acid cycle take place?
Where does the electron transport chain take place ?
Glycolysis (Cytoplasm)
Citric Acid Cycle (Mitochondria)
Electron Transport Chain (mitochondria)
takes smaller molecules produced by glycolysis and uses them to form citric acid. Then gradually takes atoms from this 6-carbon molecule to produce AtP, NADH and carbon Dioxide.
Citric Acid Cycle
in mitochondria uses the NADH of the citric acid cycle to produce large amounts of ATP.
Electron Transport Chain