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Photosynthesis Study Guide BI

 

 

Photosynthesis Study Guide

 

Give several examples of life processes that require energy.
What is the major light absorbing pigment in plants?
What two things are formed by plants when carbon dioxide & water are combined using sunlight as the energy?
Clusters of light absorbing pigments located in the thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast are called what?
Do all organisms require energy?
Are all wavelengths of sunlight absorbed by a plant to make sugar? Explain. 
Only ___________, not heterotrophs, carry on photosynthesis.
When the products of one chemical reaction are used as the reactants for the next reaction, the series of reactions is known as a ___________________ pathway.
Plants cells use light to make what two energy carrying molecules?
What sugar is the final product of photosynthesis?
Electrons are transported from one molecule to another by __________ atoms.
Can the dark reactions of photosynthesis occur during the daytime or only in the dark?
C4 and CAM plants use less water to make sugar than __________ plants.
How do heterotrophs obtain their energy?
What is the original source of energy for all living things on earth?
Stacks of thylakoids called grana are suspended in the fluid inside chloroplasts called __________.
Light travels to plants as tiny packets of radiant energy called _________.
Chlorophyll of plants looks green because green light is ______________ to your eye.
What happens to the electrons of chlorophyll when they are stuck by sunlight?
What gas is put back into our atmosphere by photosynthesis?
Complex carbohydrates are made during what cycle during photosynthesis?
What pigments give flower petals their colors?
Electrons raised to a higher energy level when struck by light enter what chain?
What important energy carrier molecule in photosynthesis picks up hydrogen atoms?
Oxygen made during photosynthesis comes from the splitting of what molecule?
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Photosynthesis & Respiration Study Guide

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Study Guide

 

1. Name 3 life processes that use energy.

2. What are heterotrophs?

3. What is the ultimate energy for all life on earth?

4. What is photosynthesis?

5. Where are grana found in a chloroplast?

6. What is a biochemical pathway?

 

7. Solar energy is converted into what type of energy in photosynthesis?

8. What is the function of chlorophyll?

 

9. Name 3 things that can happen to light that strikes an object.

 

10. Explain why chlorophyll looks green.

 

11. What happens to a chlorophyll molecule that absorbs light energy?

12. What happens to the energized electrons of chlorophyll?

 

13. What is the source of oxygen produced during photosynthesis?

14. What two products of the light reactions provide energy for the Calvin cycle?

15. Can the Calvin cycle take place if light is present? if light is absent?

16. What atmospheric gas is a byproduct of photosynthesis?

17. When during photosynthesis is glucose made?

18. What are the 2 energy sources for the Calvin Cycle?

19. Where does the carbon in organic molecules come from?

20. Heterotrophs depend indirectly on _________ fro energy.

21. When food is broken down, energy is TEMPORARILY stored in what molecule?

22. All organisms use ________ as their energy molecule.

23. Oxygen produced during ___________ is used during _________________.

24. What is the effect of lactic acid on muscles?

25. When do muscles form lactic acid?

26. Glucose is split during what process?

27. Two molecules of what form from the splitting of glucose?

28. How much ATP is made from the initial splitting of glucose in the cytoplasm?

29. What is the anaerobic respiration of carbohydrates called?

30. Name the 2 main stages in cellular respiration.

31. ___________ respiration only occurs in the presence of oxygen.

32. NADPH is formed during what process?

33. NADH is formed during what process?

34. The Krebs cycle occurs in what process?

35. the Calvin cycle occurs in what process?

36. Water is the end product of what process?

37. At the end of the ETC, what gas is added to form water?

38. In cellular respiration, the most ATP is generated during the ___________.

39. What 2 energy carriers enter the ETC in cellular respiration?

40. Be able to define autotrophs & heterotrophs and to give examples of each.

Preap Nucleic Acid Study Guide

Nucleic Acids, Protein Synthesis, & DNA Technology Study Guide

1. What are purines & pyrimidines and give examples of each?

2. Which scientists determined the structure of DNA?

3. DNA and RNA are named by their __________.

4. What three things make up a nucleotide?

5. Describe the structure of DNA.

6. An organism’s characteristics are coded for by molecules of __________.

7. What are the subunits called that make up DNA?

8. Sketch the basic structure of a nucleotide.

9. What 2 things are found on RNA, but are not found on DNA molecules?

10. What is the primary function of DNA?

11.What did Rosalind Franklin’s x-ray photographs of DNA crystals tell us about this molecule?

12. State Chargaff’s rule.

13. What happens to tRNA anticodons during translation?

14. What is a codon & where are they found?

15. What is the function of rRNA?

16. What bases pair with each other on: a) DNA?   b) RNA?

17. Name the 3 types of RNA & tell the function of each.

18. What is the function of DNA polymerase?

19. If the code on DNA is TTAGCCTGA, what will be the code on the complementary section of DNA when it’s copied during replication?

20. List all the ways that RNA differs from DNA?

21. Where does mRNA go for proteins to be made in a cell?

22. What is transcription?

23. What is translation?

24. Which RNA carries instructions for making proteins?

25. What is the function of DNA helicases?

26. What is the job of restriction enzymes?

27. What are “sticky ends” and how are they helpful?

28. What is the difference between introns & exons?

29. What is an operon and in what type of cell would they be found?

30. What does RFLP stand for?  How is this process used?

31. What is meant by cloning?

32.What is DNA fingerprinting and how can it be used?

33. How is recombinant DNA formed?

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Mollusk & Annelid Study Guide B1

Mollusk & Annelid Study Guide

Be able to answer these questions:

  • Name the kingdom for mollusks & annelids.
  • What is the oldest part of a bivalves shell called?
  • What muscles open & close a bivalves shell?
  • What tissue surrounds & protects the soft body of mollusks?
  • What is the larval stage of mollusks called & describe it?
  • What structure enables a squid to move by jet propulsion?
  • What are the external segments of an earthworm’s body called?
  • Name the internal shell of a squid.
  • How do earthworms breathe?
  • Earthworms are hermaphrodites. What does this mean?
  • What type of symmetry do annelids & mollusks have?
  • What are the respiratory organs of aquatic mollusks & annelids called?
  • What are aortic arches & what organism has them?
  • What type of circulatory system do mollusks & annelids have?
  • What is the tongue-like structure called that snails use to scrap algae?
  • What is the “lip” of an earthworm called & how is it used?
  • Name the muscular organ used by mollusks for movement.
  • Name several examples of bivalve mollusks.
  • Give an example of a univalve mollusk.
  • Give an example of a marine, shelled cephalopod mollusk.
  • What is the area of a mollusk’s body called that contains most of the body organs?

Know the class for each of the following mollusks & annelids:

  • clams & scallops
  • snails & slugs
  • clam worms
  • chitons
  • squid & octopus
  • leeches
  • earthworms

Be able to label these internal parts of a clam:

  • heart
  • gills
  • anus
  • adductor muscles
  • incurrent siphon

Be able to recognize pictures of these mollusks & annelids:

  • clam
  • snail
  • lugworm
  • leech
  • earthworm
  • chiton
  • squid
  • octopus

Introduction to Life Study Guide bI

Introduction to Life Study Guide

Study of life is known as?
How are genes used by organisms?
Which characteristic of living things relates to stability?
What does homeostasis mean?
What is ecology?
How do heterotrophs obtain energy?
List distinct properties of living things.
What is the smallest unit that can carry on life called?
What are  all living things made of?
Which of the following are characteristics of ALL living things — growth, development, cellular organization, & movement?
A scientist noticed that bacteria weren’t growing in some test tubes. Is this observation, hypothesis, or experimentation?
The scientist suggests that bacteria aren’t growing in some test tubes because they aren’t getting the nutrients they need. Is this observation, hypothesis, experimentation, or conclusion?
A scientist adds a different nutrient to half of the test tubes in which he is growing bacteria. Is this observation, hypothesis, or experimentation?
Define hypothesis.
What is a theory?
A hypothesis is rejected if it does not explain what?
When scientists are planning experiments,  do they have a good idea of the possible results?
If new evidence emerges, do theories change?
Are theories supported with some scientific knowledge?
Are theories proved scientific ideas?
For scientists to communication with each other about their data, what do they do with their data?
How do scientists organize data?
If a microscope has a 30X objective lens & a 10X ocular (eyepiece) lens, what is its magnification?
What are the base units for each of these SI measurements — length? second? volume? mass? 
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