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cell test 2
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Biology
9th Grade
11/26/2011

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Photosynthesis
Definition
the process of converting light energy to chemical energy and storing it in the bonds of sugar
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light dependent reaction
Definition
converts light energy to chemical energy and happenes in the thylakoid membrane
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light independent reaction
Definition
happens in stroma and converts CO2 to sugar
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carrier molecule
Definition
compound that can accept a pair of high energy electrons and transfer them along with most of their energy
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electron energy chain
Definition
high energy electrons move through electrom transport chain
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Griffith
Definition
1928 injected 2 strains of bacteria in mice and cnclluded that something in dead S strain tranformed the R strain to make it lethal
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Avery
Definition
1944 duplicated Griffith experiment to determine with molecule caused transformations, found DNA caused transformation
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DNA
Definition
deoxyribonuclic acid
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Watson and Crick
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discovered in 1953 the strucuture of DNA
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mRNA
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(messenger) codes for polypeptides
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rRNA
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(ribosomal) makes up ribosomes
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tRNA
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(transfer) brings the amino acids to the ribosome during protein sythesis
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fermentTION
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releases energy from food molecules in the absence of oxygen
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Alcoholic fermentaton
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forms ethyl alcohol and carbon dioxide as wastes
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Krebs cycle
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pyruvic acid is brooken down into carbon diokide in a series of energy extracting reactions
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