Chapter 5
Biology Today and Tomorrow Without 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? glucose a. glucose b. RuBP c. hydrogen ions d. \(C O_{2}\)
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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 b. mitochondrion c. plasma membrane 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 ______ \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) fixation a. ATP, NADH, FADH \(_{2}\) and \(\mathrm{CO}_{2}\) form b. glucose to two pyruvates c. \(\mathrm{NAD}^{+}\) regenerated, little ATP d. \(H^{+}\) flows through ATP synthases e. rubisco function
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