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26 Cards in this Set
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Which wavelength of light is the shortest?
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Gamma rays
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After hydrogens and electrons are stripped fom NADPH, NADP+:
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is recycled back to the light dependent reactions.
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Plants use________ and _______ wavelengths of light and reflects the ______ wavelength.
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red, blue, green
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C4 photosynthesis is an adaptation to hot, dry conditions in which:
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CO2 is fixed and stored in the leaf
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The most abundant protein on earth is:
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rubisco
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Which is incorrect about photosynthesis?
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The light reactions take palce in th cytoplasm and the light-independent reactons occur inthe chloropast.
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When something appears blue, it is absorbing all colors except____.
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blue
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When carbon dioxide is low in th leaf, the Calvin cycle cannot proceed efficiently, and the result is:
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photorespiration
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Which of the following is not preent during the Calvin cycle?
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02
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A pigment appears red if it absorbs red light.
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False
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How many turns of the Calvin Cycle asre needed to make one glucose molecule?
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6
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During photosynthesis, ATP molecules are generated by:
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Chemiosmosis
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Light energy arrives at earth in the little packets called:
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wavelengths
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Which of the following does not do photosynthesis?
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roots of plants
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Within chloroplasts, the fluid-like maxtrix in which the Calvin Cycle occurs is called:
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stroma
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The full range of energy in sunlight can best be described as:
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electromagnetic radiation
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The production of ATP in photosysnthesis is called:
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photophosphorylation
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How much of the radiant energy from the sun is incorporated into organic compounds in th process of photosynthesis?
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1% or less
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The overall purpose of the Calvin Cycle is to:
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Build organic(carbon) molecules
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Carotenoids are important to many plants because these pigments are able to:
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absorb violet and blue-green wavelengths of light that are not absorbed by chlorophyll.
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Most of the atmospheric oxygen occurs as a result of photosynthesis. From which of the following molecules is the oxygen derived?
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Water
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A photosystem transfers the excitation energy gathered by its pigment molecules to a specific cholorophyll at the reaction center.
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True
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The main products of photosynthesis are:
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glucose and oxygen
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The main products of photosynthesis are:
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ATP and oxygen
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The energy to power the Calvin cycle comes from:
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the light dependent reactons of photosynthesis.
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After the phosphate bonds are broken in ATP inthe Calvin cycle, what happens to the ADP?
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It is recycled back to the light-dependent reactions.
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