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Photosynthesis:Miller Ch.8
energy and life: photosynthesis
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Biology
9th Grade
03/05/2009

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ATP
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Adenosine Triphosphate; energy is stored in the bond of the 3rd phosphate; comes from the mitchondrian bonds breaking in glucose; just the right amount of energy for the cell to use
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energy is.......
Definition
the ability to do work
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living things need energy
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to carry out all functions
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autotrophs
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use light to make food which is used for energy
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heterotrophs
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eat other organisms to gain energy
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energy can
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be stored in chemical bonds
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ADP -> ATP
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ADP+P -> ATP
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functions of glucose
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food for cells
holds more energy than a cell can handle at once
cells break down glucose to make atp
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who incorrectly theorized that plant growth comes from water
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1643 van Helmont
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who discovered that oxygen is released by plants
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1771 Preistly
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learned that plants need sunlight
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1779 Ingenhousz
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what is the chemical formula for photosynthesis
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CO2+H2O -> C6H12O6+ O2+H2O

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