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Undergraduate 1
09/05/2012

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Biology
Definition
Study of life.
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All Living things have...
Definition
Order, Regulation, Development, Energy Utilization, Response to enviroment, Reproduction, and evolution
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Taxonomy
Definition
Branch of Biology that names and classifies speices
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Three domains of life
Definition
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
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Evolution
Definition
History of life in a saga of a restless Earth billions of years old.
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Charles Darwin
Definition
"Discovered" evolution
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Science
Definition
The way of knowing
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Science cannot answer
Definition
Beauty, Ghost, Religion
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Theory
Definition
Proven with extensive and varied evidence
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Matter
Definition
Anything with mass and occupies space
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Elements
Definition
Substances that cannot be broken down into other substances
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How many Natural Elements?
Definition
92
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Four main elements essential for life?
Definition

Oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen.

(25 total essential for life)

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Compound
Definition
Two or more elements in a fixed ration
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(T/F) The number of protons defines the element.
Definition
TRUE!
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Radioactive Isotypes
Definition
Not stable and will decay until it becomes stable.
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Electrons determine how an atom behaves when it encounters...
Definition
other atoms.
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Closer/Farther away an electrom is from nucleus more energy it has.
Definition
Farther
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Ions
Definition
Charges atoms
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Covalent Bond
Definition

Two atoms share one or more electrons

ex: water

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Cohesion
Definition

Polarity of water molecules and the hydrogen bonding

ex: how water goes up a tree

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Heat
Definition
Amount of energy assoicated with movement of the atoms molecules
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Solution
Definition
liquid consisting of homogeneous mixture of two plus substance.
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Solvent
Definition
Dissolving agent
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Solute
Definition
Dissolved substance
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Organic Compounds
Definition
Carbon based molecules
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What is a versatile atom?
Definition
Carbon; it has four electrons in an outershell when it can hold eight. So it forms a covalent bond with a different carbon.
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Hydrocarbons
Definition
Organic molecules containing only carbon and hydrogen atoms. (Simpliest Organic Compound)
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The shape of a molecule related to its...
Definition
function
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Functional Groups
Definition

Groups of atoms that usually participate in chemical reactions.

 

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Macmolecules
Definition
gigantic molecules
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Three categories of Macromolecules
Definition

Carbohydrates

Protiens

Nucleic Acids

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Polymers
Definition
string of many smaller molecules called monomers
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Dehydration Reaction
Definition
Links to monomers together, removes a molecule of water
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Hydrolysis
Definition
Breaks bond between monomers and adds a molecule of water. (Reverse of Dehydration reaction)
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Four catergories of large molecules
Definition

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Proteins

Nucleic Acids

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Carbohydrates
Definition
Sugar or sugar polymers
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Monosaccharides
Definition
Simple sugars that cannot be broken down by hydrolysis into small sugars
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Isomers
Definition
Molescules that have the same molecular formula but different structure. (Glucose and Frutose)
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Disaccharide
Definition
Is a double sugar, constructed from two monosacchrarides, formed by dehyration reaction
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Polysaccharides
Definition
Complex carbohydrate, made of long chains of sugar units and plymers of monosaccharides
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Glycogen
Definition
highly branched polymer of glucose monomer, used by animal cells to store energy by converting into glocuse when needed.
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Cellulose
Definition

long unbranched chain of glucose units.

Many animals cannot degest this.

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Hydropillic
Definition

"water-loving" substance.

Most carbohydrates are this.

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Lipids
Definition
Are neither macromoecules or polymers and are hydrophobic.
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Hydrophobic
Definition
Unable to mix with water. (Think Oil)
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What three essential functions does fat perform in the human body?
Definition

Stores energy

Cushions

Insulates

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Hydrogenation
Definition
Converts unsaturated fats to sturated fats. (makes liquid fats solid at room temp.)
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Cholesterol
Definition
"base steroid" from which your body produces other steriods.
Term
Synthetic anabolic steroids
Definition
Performance enhancers 
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Protiens
Definition

Run most of our reactions.

Constructed from amino acid monomers.

Term
All protiens are constructed from a common set of ___ kinds of amino acids
Definition
20
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Each amino acid consists of...
Definition
a central carbon atom bonded to four covalent partners
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Peptide Bonds
Definition
Cells link amino acids together by dehydration reactions
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Polypeptides
Definition
Long chain of amino acids
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Primary Structure
Definition
Specific sequence of amino acids in a protien
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(T/F) Protiens are sensitive to the surrounding enviroment.
Definition
True.
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Three parts of nucleotides
Definition

A five-carbon sugar

A phosphate group

A nitrogen base

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Double Helix
Definition
Two strand of DNA
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How does RNA differ from DNA
Definition
RNA hase ribose and no thymine.
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"bases" of DNA
Definition
A and T; C and G
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Example for Single-celled organisms
Definition
Prokaryotes
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Magnification
Definition
Increase in the specimen's apparent size.
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Resolving Power
Definition
Ability of an optical instrument to show two objects as separate.
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Robert Hooke came up with...
Definition
Cell Theory
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Cell Theory
Definition

All living things are composed of cells

All cells come from other cells

All cells are the basic unit of life

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Two Major catergories of cells
Definition
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells
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All cells have...
Definition
DNA and Ribosomes
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Prokaryotic cells are older/newer that eukaryotic cells.
Definition
older.
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Cytoplasm
Definition
region between the nucleus and plasma membrane
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Does animal or plant cells have Protective cell walls?
Definition
Plant
Term
Phospholipids
Definition
Special categories lipids belong to.
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Phospholipid Bilayer
Definition
The two-layered membrane the phospholipids form.
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Extracellular Matrix
Definition
Helps hold cells together in tissues
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Cell junction
Definition
Structures that connect to other cells
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Nucleolus 
Definition
where ribosomes are made
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Nuclear Envelope
Definition
Double membrane that borders the nucleus 
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Chromosome
Definition
Long chromatin fiber
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Ribosomes
Definition
responsible for the protien synthesis
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Robosome components are made in the _____ but assembled in the ______
Definition
nucleolus; cytoplasm
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Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
Definition
Produces an enormous variety of molecules, composed of smooth and rough ER
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Rough ER
Definition
Ribosomes that are studded tot he outside of the ER membrane.
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Transport Vesicles
Definition
where a molecule is "packages after ER synthesizes a molecule.
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Golgi Apparatus
Definition
Works in partnership with the ER, receives, refines, stores, and distributed chemical products of the cell
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Lysosome
Definition
Sac of digestive enzymes found in animal cells
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Food vacuoles
Definition
cytoplasmic sacs that contain engulf nutrients
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Contractile 
Definition
Pump out excess water in the cell
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Central Vacuoles of plants...
Definition

store nutrients

absord water

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Chloroplasts
Definition
Organelles that perform photosynthesis
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Stroma
Definition
Thick fluid with in the chloroplast
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Mitochondria
Definition
produces ATP from the energy of food molecules
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Sytoskeleton
Definition
network of fibers extending throughout the cytoplasm
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Cells control their chemical enviroment using...
Definition

Energy

Enzymes

The plasma membrane

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Energy
Definition
The capacity to perform work.
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Kinetic energy
Definition
energy in motion
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Potential energy
Definition
Stored energy
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Conservation of Energy
Definition
Energy cannot be created or destroyed.
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Entropy
Definition
Measure of disorder
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Calorie
Definition
Amount of energy that raises the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius
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ATP
Definition
Takes energy from food, stores energy, and released when needed.
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Metabolism
Definition
Total of all chemical reactions in an organism
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Enzymes
Definition
Protiens that speed up chemical reactions
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Activation Energy
Definition
Activate the reactants and triggers a chemical reaction.
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Substrate
Definition
Specific reactant molecule
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Active Site
Definition
Fits to the substrate
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Induced Fit
Definition
When a substrate fits into a active site and the enzyme changes shape slighty.
Term
Enzyme Inhibitors
Definition
Prevent metabolic reactions by binding to the active site.
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Competitive Inhibitor
Definition
Prevents the enzyme from binding to its substrate
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Feedback Regulation
Definition
Prevents the cell from wasting resources
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Membrane Protiens do...
Definition

Cell signaling

Attatchment

Intracellular joining

Cell to cell recongnition

Enzymatic activity

Transport

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Diffusion
Definition
Tendency for molecules of any substance to spread out into the avalible space.
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Passice transport
Definition
Diffusion of a substance across a membrane without the input of energy
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Diffusion is an example of...
Definition
Passive Transport
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Concentration Gradient
Definition
a region in which the substance density changes
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Facilitated Diffusion
Definition
Substance that don't cross the membrane spontneously; specific transport protien act as selective corridors
Term
Transport protiens
Definition
located in membrane, they regulate the materials that pass in and out of the cell.
Term
Osmosis
Definition
Diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane 
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Hypertonic
Definition
solution has a higher concentration of solute
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Hypotonic
Definition
Solution has a lower concentration of solute.
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Isotonic
Definition
Solution has an equal concentration of solute
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Osmoregulation
Definition
the control of water balance within a cell or organism
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Active Transport
Definition
Requires energy to move molecules across a membrane
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Exocytosis
Definition
Secertion of large molecules within vesicles (inside->out)
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Endocytosis
Definition
Takes material into a cell within vesicles that bud inward from the plasma membrane. (out->in)
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Three types of endocytosis
Definition
Phagocytosis, Pinocytosis, Receptor-mediated endocytosis
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Phagoytosis
Definition
a cell engulfs a particle and packages it within a food vacuole
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Pinocytosis
Definition
A cell "gulps" droplets of fluid by formingtiny vesicles
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Receptor-mediated endocytosis
Definition
A cell takes in very specific molecules
Term
Slow-twitch fibers
Definition

Genrate less power

last longer

Generates ATP using oxygen

Term
Fast-twitch fibers
Definition

Generate more power

fatigue much more quickly

Cen generate ATP without using oxygen

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Photosynthesis
Definition
Uses light energy fron the sun to power achemical process that makes organic molecules
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Autotrophs
Definition

(self-feeders) make their own organic matter for inorganic nutrients. ex: Plants

Producers

Term
Heterotrophs
Definition

Cannot make organic molecules from inorganic ones. ex: humans.

Consumers

Term
Ingredients for photosynthesis are...
Definition
Carbon Dioxide and Water
Term
Cellular Respiration
Definition

Chemical process that harvest energy stored in organic molecules, uses oxygen and generates ATP.

(occur primarily in te mitocondria)

Term
Gene
Definition
Specific stretch of DNA that programs the amino acid sequence of a polypeptide.
Term
Cellular Respiration waste products are...
Definition
water and carbon dioxide
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Aerobic Process
Definition
process that requires oxygen
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Equation of Cellular Respiration
Definition
Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon Dioxide + Water
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Cellular Respiration can produce up to how many ATP molecules?
Definition
38
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Three main stages in Cellular Repiration
Definition
Glycolysis, The citric acid cycle, Election Transport
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Glycolysis (Stage One in Cellular Respiration)
Definition
Happens in cytoplasm, can produce 2 ATP
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The Citric Acid Cycle (2nd Stage in Cellular Respiration)
Definition
Happens in the mitochandria, produces 2 ATP
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Electron Transport (3rd Stage in Cellular Respiration)
Definition
Happends in the mitochandria, can produce 34 ATP
Term
Anaerobic
Definition
with out oxygen
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Fermentation
Definition
anaerobic process where energy in release from glucose without the use of oxygen
Term
Which of the three stages of Cellular Respiration doesn't require oxygen?
Definition
Glycolysis. Can produce 2 ATP molecules for each glucose broken down to pyruvic acid.
Term
Lactic Acid
Definition
By-product of anaerobic exercise. Fatigue feeling in muscles.
Term
Alcoholic Fermentation
Definition
Produces Beer, Wine, Breads
Term
Starch
Definition
is used by all plants cells to store energy
Term
How many chromosomes are there in the human body
Definition
46
Term
Photosynthesis
Definition
Transforms light energy into chemical energy
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Thylakiods
Definition
membrane sacs inside the chloroplast
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Chlorophyll
Definition
Green color of chloroplast
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Chlorophyll A
Definition
Participated directly with light reactions, absorbing mostly blue-violet and red light.
Term
Chlorophyll B
Definition
Participates indirectly in the light reactions, absorbs mostly blue and orange light.
Term
Carotenoids
Definition
Participated indirectly with light reactions, absorbs mainly blue-green light. (Fall colors)
Term
Equation for Photosynthesis
Definition
Carbon Dioxide + Water --> Glucose + Oxygen
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Two Stages of Photosynthesis
Definition
Light Reactions; Calvin Cycle
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Light Reactions
Definition
convert solar energy to chemical energy
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Calvin Cycle
Definition
Makes sugar from carbon dioxide.
Term
Photons
Definition
Discrete packets of energy
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