Energy
What is energy?
The ability to do work or bring about a change
What is cellular respiration?
The process cells acquire energy by breaking down organic molecules.
What is photosynthesis?
solar energy converting carbon dioxide into carbohydrates.
The color that is reflected is the color that is _____?
The measure of disorder or randomness in a system?
Entropy
What is kinetic energy ?
The energy of motion
what is Glycolysis?
sugar splitting; a series of reactions that break down glucose to produce energy for the cell.
Where does carbon dioxide enter a leaf?
The stomata
What is the instrument that can measure wavelength absorption?
A spectrophotometer.
RNA molecules that act as an enzyme and can catalyze chemical reactions?
Ribozymes
Stored energy in a potentially usable form.
What is the preparatory reaction?
The conversion of pyruvate to Acetyl CoA
where does light reactions occur?
Thylakoids
Light capturing pigment directly involved in light reactions is called?
Chlorophyll a
When a molecule binds to an enzyme and decreases its activity
Enzyme inhibition
what is chemical energy?
Energy associated with atoms in a molecule
What is the citric acid cycle?
Breaks down the Acetyl CoA, into CO2 and energy.
what are light reactions?
Occurs when the sun is out; uses captured solar energy to produce ATP and NADPH.
Chlorophyll b
limited amount of ATP production in emergency
Fermentation
What is mechanical energy?
Energy. possessed by an object as the result of its motion.
What is the electron transport chain?
moving electrons from donor to donor releasing free energy at each step.
What is a calvin cycle reaction?
uses products of the light reaction to reduce carbon dioxide to a carbohydrate.
what is an accessory pigment?
carotenoids
what is anabolism?
coming small molecules to form large molecules