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What class of organic molecules yield the most ATP during aerobic respiration?

Lipids

In the electron transport chain, the final electron acceptor is an _______

Oxygen atom

The organelles responsible for the bulk of ATP production in cellular respiration are the _____

Mitochondria

Animals use the calories they obtain from ____ as their source of energy.

Food

Which event occurs in the fluid portion of the cytoplasm of a cell undergoing glucose metabolism?

Glycolysis

Special molecules like NAD+ and FAD transport _______ in cells, which can then be used as energy in the cell.

Electrons

Entropy is a measure of _______

Disorder

How is your body able to counteract the effects of entropy?

Food (balanced diet)

What is the ultimate source of energy for most forms of life on Earth?

Solar Energy

Energy transformations are not 100% efficient; often energy in the form of ______ is released, which fulfills the second law of thermodynamics.

Heat

What is the set number of ATP molecules produced during glycolysis.

2

The main function of cell respiration is to produce _______

ATP

Match the process with appropriate description.




Glucose serves as the initial reactant = ________


Involves the removal of hydrogen electrons and CO2 from the substrate = ________


Occurs in the cytosol of a cell = ________


Produces the most ATP = ___________



Glucose serves as the initial reactant = Glycolysis




Involves the removal of hydrogen electrons and CO2 from the substrate = Krebs Cycle




Occurs in the cytosol of a cell = Glycolysis




Produces the most ATP = Electron transport chain

The _______ (usually) of this figure have more free energy than the _______.




Figure represents an _______ reaction.


(free energy | Course of reaction __)

Products, reactants. Exergonic.

Clusters of light-gathering antenna pigments in a photostream pass energy to the ______

Reaction center

The light reactions occur in the _______ _______ while the Calvin cycle occurs in the _______.

Thylakoid membranes, stroma.



The oxygen released into the air as a product of photosynthesis comes from ______

water

Write the balanced reaction for photosynthesis.

6CO2 + 6H2O + sunlight --> C6H12O6 + 6O2

What color wavelengths of light are most effective in promoting photosynthesis.

Red and blue

Many plants have evolved leaves that have adjusted pores, called _______, which allow for gas exchange and water loss.

Stomata

During the process of ______, RuBP combines with oxygen instead of carbon dioxide.

Photorespiration

Photosystem II generates _______ and Photosystem I generates _______, both of which are required by the light-independent reactions.

ATP, NADPH

The _________ is composed of a light harvesting complex and an electron transport system.

Photosystem

__________ is the main light-capturing molecule in chloroplasts and is responsible for giving most leaves their characteristic green color.



Chlorophyll A

Carbon dioxide is required in the light dependent reaction.

False

The photosystems are involved in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.

True

(Leaf graph)


Greatest density of chloroplasts =




The primary function of bottom leaf wall =

Tic tacs beneath top wall




Gas exchange.

The region of the chromosome occupied by a gene is called a _____

Locus

According to the Law of Segregation, in an organism with the genotype Aa, half the gametes will have ___ and half will have a

A

If, in a heterozygous individual, when only one allele is expressed in the phenotype, that allele is ________

Dominant

The physical manifestation of an organism's genes is its ______.

Phenotype

What type of allele produces its effects only in homozygous individuals?

Recessive

The genetic makeup of an individual is its ______

Genotype

When the expression of a trait is influenced by the action of many genes, the pattern of inheritance is called ______

Polygenic

In human blood types the alleles for A and B are said to be _______ because they both are expressed.

Co-dominant

The failure of chromosomes to segregate properly during meiosis is called _______

Nondisjunction

If a round pea (R) has a wrinkled parent (r), the genotype of the round pea is ____

Rr

The results of a test cross reveal that all the offspring resemble the parent being tested. Genotype of this parent must be _________

Homozygous

What is the genotype of a dominant individual (D) if some of its offspring show the recessive phenotype?

Dd