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BIOLOGY TEST 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AUTOTROPH | Organisms that can produce their own food. (Plants, Algae, cyanobacteria) take inorganic and make organic |
| Heterotroph | Organisms that have to eat other organisms for food Consume preexisting organic molecules |
| Primary producer | convert energy from the environment into a form that living organisms can use |
| Chemical energy | Potential energy charge is stored in the bonds of molecules converts light energy into chemical energy |
| Solar energy | radiant kinetic energy - Energy is collected by chlorophyll |
| electrical energy | Form of kinetic energy charge along the electron transport chain |
| longest wave length? | Red |
| shortest wave length? | Violet |
| Which light has the MOST amount of energy? | Violet / UV light |
| Which light has the LEAST amount of energy? | Red |
| What is the function of a chlorophyll? | Helps absorb sunlight form the sun and turn it into chemical energy |
| What are all the accessory pigments? | - Chlorophyll b (and c, d ) (Absorbs any light from blue- orange or red waves) - Carotenoids - absorbs xtra light energy that may cause damage - Phycobilins - get colours form deep water |