Photosynthesis By Sofie Inwood Aim: To determine whether chlorophyll and light is necessary for starch formation. Hypothesis: Chlorophyll and light are both necessary for starch formation. Materials: * 600mL beaker * Access to water * Safety glasses * Bunsen burner * Tripod * Gauze mat * A large white evaporating dish * Scissors and forceps | * Glass stirring rod * Test tube rack * Test-tube (30mm x 180mm) * Methylated spirits * Iodine solution * 100mL
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energy in food originally came from ATP. False pulling together 12. The term photosynthesis means “pulling apart with light” in Greek. True__ 13. The energy of sunlight is stored in the chemical bonds of carbohydrates. 14. Complete the table comparing two types of organisms. Autotrophs and Heterotrophs Type Description Examples Autotrophs An organism that is able to create its own food through photosynthesis (simple organic substances) Plants Heterotrophs An organism that “feeds”
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Cellular Functions CORE TOPIC 1: CELLULAR FUNCTIONS Learning Outcomes: (a) Describe and interpret drawings and photographs of typical animal and plant cells as seen under the electron microscope‚ recognising the following membrane systems and organelles: rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum‚ Golgi body‚ mitochondria‚ ribosomes‚ lysosomes‚ chloroplasts‚ cell surface membrane‚ nuclear envelope‚ centrioles‚ nucleus and nucleolus. (b) Outline the functions of the membrane systems and organelles
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process of photosynthesis requires sunlight for its nutrients to make their way into the chlorophyll on green plants. This suggests that without direct sunlight‚ photosynthesis will not be completed correctly or the plants functions will not work properly. Majority of plants that undergo photosynthesis have chlorophyll stored within them‚ it is what gives them their green color. However‚ there are few species of plants that don’t acquire chlorophyll‚ but still undergo the process of photosynthesis. Specific
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Photosynthesis (pron.: /foʊtoʊˈsɪnθəsɪs/; from the Greek φώτο- [photo-]‚ "light‚" and σύνθεσις [synthesis]‚ "putting together"‚ "composition") is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert the light energy captured from the sun into chemical energy that can be used to fuel the organism’s activities. Photosynthesis occurs in plants‚ algae‚ and many species of bacteria‚ but not in archaea. Photosynthetic organisms are called photoautotrophs‚ since they can create their own food. In plants
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BIOLOGY A REPORT ON RESPIRATION IN INVERTEBRATES COMPILED & PRESENTED BY DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY 2012/2013 SESSION COURSE: FSB201 (CELL BIOLOGY) COURSE LECTURER: DR. NOUTCHA DATE : 7TH MARCH‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Respiration is one of the characteristics of ALL LIVING THINGS. In the simplest terms‚ "respiration" simply means "breathing". But more formally‚ the term depends on what type of respiration been referred to. Essentially‚ "respiration" refers to gaseous exchange
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cannot be used as directly by cell as a source of energy so cells use ATP as their immediate source of energy. * This conversion of glucose into ATP takes place during cellular respiration and there are 2 different forms of cellular respiration depending upon whether oxygen is available or not * Aerobic respiration requires oxygen and produces CO2‚ water and lots of ATP. * Aerobic has 4 stages: 1) Glycolysis – the splitting of the 6-carbon glucose molecule into 2 3-carbon molecule
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Chloroplasts and Photosynthesis All animals and most microorganisms rely on the continual uptake of large amounts of organic compounds from their environment. These compounds are used to provide both the carbon skeletons for biosynthesis and the metabolic energy that drives cellular processes. It is believed that the first organisms on the primitive Earth had access to an abundance of the organic compounds produced by geochemical processes‚ but that most of these original compounds were used up billions
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HW Review for Photosynthesis exam: Due Monday March 28 Reminder your lab write up will be a next week. If your lab is this Friday you also will get a week to complete your full lab write-up. Sample questions: 1. twenty-five plants were placed in each of four closed containers and then exposed to light conditions shown in the data table below. All other environmental conditions were held constant for a period of 2 days. At the beginning of the investigation‚ the quantity of CO2 present in each closed
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Lab: Cellular Respiration in Yeast Lab Report Form Your Name: Katlin Moore “What do you think? – What do you know?” Questions: In this lab‚ we will investigate the effect of sucrose concentration on the rate of cellular respiration in yeast. Under specific conditions‚ yeast will convert sucrose into glucose and then use this glucose in cellular respiration. Yeasts have been used by humans in the development of civilization for millennia. What is yeast? How have humans used yeasts?
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