Chapter 5

Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology · 13 exercises

Problem 1

A cat eats a bird, which ate a caterpillar that chewed on a weed. Which organisms are autotrophs? Heterotrophs?

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Problem 2

Photosynthetic autotrophs use________ from the air as a carbon source and________ as their energy source.

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Problem 3

Light-dependent reactions in plants occur in the ________ . a. thylakoid membrane b. plasma membrane c. stroma d. cytoplasm

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Problem 4

In the light-dependent reactions, ________ . a. carbon dioxide is fixed b. ATP forms c. \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) accepts electrons d. sugars form

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Problem 5

What accumulates inside the thylakoid compartment during the light-dependent reactions? a. glucose b. RuBP c. hydrogen ions \(\mathrm{d} . \mathrm{CO}_{2}\)

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Problem 6

Light-independent reactions proceed in the ________ . a. cytoplasm b. plasma membrane c. stroma

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Problem 7

The Calvin-Benson cycle starts when ________. a. light is available b. carbon dioxide is attached to RuBP c. electrons leave a photosystem

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Problem 8

After photosynthesis evolved, its by-product, ________ ,accumulated and changed the atmosphere.

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Problem 11

Glycolysis starts and ends in the ________. a. nucleus b. mitochondrion c. plasma membrane d. cytoplasm

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Problem 12

In eukaryotes, aerobic respiration is completed in the ________. a. nucleus b. mitochondrion c. plasma membrane d. cytoplasm

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Problem 13

In eukaryotes, fermentation is completed in the ________. a. nucleus c. plasma membrane b. mitochondrion d. cytoplasm

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Problem 14

In the third stage of aerobic respiration,________ is the final acceptor of electrons from glucose. a. water b. hydrogen c. oxygen d. NADH

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Problem 15

Match the event with its most suitable description. ________glycolysis ________fermentation ________Krebs cycle ________electron transfer phosphorylation ________CO2 fi xation a. ATP, NADH, FADH and \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) form b. glucose to two pyruvates c. \(\mathrm{NAD}^{+}\) regenerated, little ATP d. \(\mathrm{H}^{+}\) flows through ATP synthases e. rubisco function

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