It's an Elementary Matter
In a cell, this organelle is known as the powerhouse because it generates ATP through cellular respiration.
What is: the mitochondria?
This gas is essential for plants during photosynthesis.
What is: carbon dioxide?
The four primary macromolecules essential to living organisms.
What are: carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins?
This cellular process, used by plants and animals alike, releases stored energy by breaking down glucose
What is: cellular respiration?
The statement 'plants get their food from the soil' incorrect because plants use sunlight, CO2, and water to do this
What is: Plants produce their own food through photosynthesis
According to the Law of Conservation, these two things can neither be created nor destroyed.
What are: energy and matter?
This molecule is the primary product of photosynthesis that stores energy in a stable form.
What is: glucose?
This type of macromolecule primarily stores genetic information in cells.
What are: nucleic acids?
This first stage of cellular respiration occurs in the cytoplasm and breaks down glucose into two molecules of pyruvate.
What is: glycolysis?
Rosa’s BTB experiment showed changes in color due to this gas produced by cellular respiration.
What is: carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
This molecule is often called the 'energy currency' of the cell.
What is: ATP?
This pigment in chloroplasts absorbs sunlight, allowing plants to begin the process of photosynthesis.
What is: chlorophyll?
The addition of this group to ADP creates ATP, storing energy.
What is: a phosphate group?
In the electron transport chain, this molecule acts as the final electron acceptor, forming water as a byproduct.
What is: oxygen (O₂)?
In the radish experiment, the results were unexpected with the ranking B>A>C. A ranked higher than C because of this reaction still occurring and causing a net lose of biomass
What is: cellular respiration
This is the primary purpose of photosynthesis in plants and other autotrophs.
What is: to capture sunlight energy and store it as chemical energy in glucose?
During photosynthesis, this cycle converts carbon dioxide into glucose using energy from ATP and NADPH produced in the light-dependent reactions.
What is: the Calvin Cycle?
During cellular respiration, these two molecules carry high-energy electrons to the electron transport chain.
What are: NADH and FADH2?
This cycle, nicknamed the 'Ferris Wheel of Sugar Dismemberment,' produces electron carriers in cellular respiration.
What is: the Citric Acid Cycle (or Krebs Cycle)?
In the Willow Tree experiment (Case Study #2), a willow tree grew significantly in mass despite minimal soil loss. What was the main source of this new mass?
What is: carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?
This cellular process breaks down food molecules to release energy, playing a central role in energy transformation.
What is: catabolism?
In photosynthesis, water molecules are split to release electrons. What specific byproduct of this process is essential for life on Earth?
What is: oxygen (O₂)?
This type of macromolecule provides the building blocks for enzymes, which catalyze biochemical reactions in living organisms.
What are: proteins?
The total number of ATP molecules produced from one molecule of glucose during cellular respiration.
What is: 38
In Case Study #4, a carbon atom from Grandma Nguyen’s body could eventually end up in a coyote. Name one biological process by which this carbon could be released into the ecosystem.
What is decomposition or cellular respiration?