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Chapter 4. Photosyn.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What experiment did Joseph Priestly do? (1st experiment) | burned a candle with a mouse and the candle goes out and the mouse dies. |
| What happened in the Joseph Priestlys second experiment? | PUt a mouse, lit a candle, and a plant in a container. The mouse does not die whether the candle goes out or not. |
| What was Joseph Priestlys conclusion? | 1) PLants use water/light 2) Plants make organic matter 3) Plants affect the air. |
| What was Dr. Melvin Calvins conclusion? | determined that photosynthesis is a series of steps rather than one reaction that happened. |
| What experiment did Dr. Melvin Calvin do? | he exposed the alage to radio active oxygen. |
| What is a heterotroph? | They need to search for their energy. |
| What did Dr. Melvin Calvin predict? | that stored up oxygen ( equation for photosynthesis) would end up somewhere else in the reaction. |
| Where does photosynthesis take place? | grana of the thylakoid of the chloroplast. |
| In photosynthesis you create___ for energy? | NADPH and ATP |
| What happens in photosynthesis? | when ATP breaks a phosphate bond, the bond release provides energy to the system. |
| What is the main type of chlorophyll? | A. |
| What is chlorophyll b? | 1) absorbs light energy 2) Helps the process of photosynthesis 3) Yellow-green pigment. |
| What is chlorophyll a? | main catalyst for the process of photosynthesis. ( blue-green pigment) |
| What is photosynthesis? | organisms that can use sunlight or chemicals to make their energy. |
| What is an autotroph? | captures light energy and converts it into chemical energy. (glucose) |
| What is cellular respiration? | break down of glucose with the release of energy. (ATP) |
| What is chlorophyll? | pigment involved in photosynthesis. |
| Jean Baptist thought what about plants? | thought that water causes plants to gain weight. |