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Bios 170 Chap 9+10
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Autotroph | an organism which produces its own energy from inorganic sources (aka doesn’t eat plants or animals). |
| Calvin cycle | A series of redox reactions which transfers energy from NADPH and ATP into chemical energy stored in carbohydrates. |
| Carbon Fixation Reaction | the reduction of carbon dioxide into carbohydrates to store energy |
| Chlorophyll | a pigmented light-capturing molecule which resonates when it captures a photon. |
| Mesophyll cells | cells in which chloroplasts are found |
| Rubisco | the enzyme which joins RuBP to CO2 in the Calvin cycle |
| RuBP | the “recycled” 5-carbon molecule in the Calvin cycle. |
| Stomata | the pore in plant leaves through which gasses enter and exit. |
| Z-scheme | this describes the shape of the photosynthetic electron transport chain on an energy diagram. |
| Glycolysis | the process of converting glucose into 3-carbon molecules. |
| Pyruvate | the 3-carbon product of glycolysis |
| Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate | the product of the energy investment phase of glycolysis |
| Substrate-level phosphorylation | creating ATP from ADP and Pi in reactions that transfer the phosphate group from a reactant to ADP. |
| Krebs cycle | the cycle responsible for converting acetyl CoA into carbon dioxide and energy-holding molecules. |