BIO 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Mitochondrion, Light-Independent Reactions, Rubisco
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Chlorophyll is a pigment that absorbs specific wavelengths of light, and the absorption of that light leads to the passage of electrons to a higher energy state, where chemical energy can then be harvested from them. You would expect that a plant exposed to which color of light would produce the most photosynthesis?
green |
orange |
yellow |
blue |
Which color of light would you expect chlorophyll to absorb the least?
green |
red |
yellow |
blue |
Most plants are green because....
chlorophyll absorbs green light well |
chlorophyll does not absorb green light well |
chlorophyll reflects green light well |
both of the last two answers are correct |
Thinking about the gases involved in respiration and photosynthesis, during the day, a plant is producing____ from respiration and releasing_____ from photosynthesis. But at night, a plant is only producing_______ from respiration.(spell your answers out completely).
Plants perform cellular respiration to produce.......
ATP |
NADPH |
sugar |
oxygen |
Which of the following is true about plants and cellular respiration?
plants perform cellular respiration only during the night |
plants perform cellular respiration only during the day |
plants perform cellular respiration during the night and day |
plants do not perform cellular respiration |
Which of the following is true regarding plants and photosynthesis?
plants perform photosynthesis only during the night |
plants perform photosynthesis only during the day |
plants perform photosynthesis during the night and day |
plants do not perform photosynthesis |
Is it possible for this plant to consistently do more cellular respiration than photosynthesis?
yes, plants use excess ATP for growth |
yes, but only during winter months |
not today, but fossil records shows they did in the past |
no, plants can't consume food faster than they make it |