Biology I
Chapter 8 Test Study Guide
What types of questions on the test
 True/false
 Multiple choice
 Identifying
 Diagram
 Short Answer
Chapter 8.1
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Laws of thermodynamics
Autotrophs/heterotrophs
Metabolism
o Anabolic
o Catabolic
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This organism makes its own food.
This organism has to eat other living things.
Are algae autotrophs or heterotrophs?
This pathway builds up larger molecules from smaller ones.
What is metabolism?
What is the role of ATP?
What are the three parts of ATP?
How many phosphate groups are there in ATP? In ADP?
How is energy stored in ATP?
How is energy released in ATP?
What does ATP become after the phosphate groups split?
What does ATP stand for?
What does ADP stand for?
Chapter 8.2
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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
Light energy and the Electromagnetic spectrum
Chloroplasts
o Pigments
Photosynthesis
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Light dependent reaction
o Electron transport chain
Light independent reaction (Calvin Cycle)
o Where does the Calvin cycle take place in the chloroplast?
o What is the purpose of NADPH & ATP?
o How is carbon dioxide (CO2) transformed in the Calvin cycle?
o What is the final product of the Calvin Cycle?
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What color do green plants reflect?
What color/wavelength has the most energy?
What color/wavelength has the least energy?
What are the three ways light wavelengths can interact with objects?
What color has the longest wavelength? Shortest?
What is a pigment?
Name three types of pigments.
Which pigment is most commonly found in plants?
Which pigment is most dominant in the fall in the trees in Maryland?
What color does chlorophyll absorb most strongly?
The light dependent reaction takes place in which part of the chloroplast? (flattened stacks)
In a light dependent reaction, chlorophyll is held by what structure in the electron transport
chain?
Where does the light excite the electrons in the chloroplast?
ATP is formed by which structure?
Which structure transfers electrons to NADP+ to make NADPH?
Which transport method is located in the thylakoid and transports electrons along
photosystems and proteins?
What are the reactants of the Calvin Cycle? (i.e. What substances are converted by the Calvin
Cycle?)
What substances supply energy to the Calvin Cycle?
What is the main product of Calvin Cycle?
Chapter 8.3
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Cellular Respiration
Aerobic vs. Anaerobic
Glycolysis
Krebs Cycle
Electron Transport
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Fermentation
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What is the chemical reaction of cellular respiration?
What is the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
What are the processes/stages of cellular respiration? Where does each stage take place in the
cell?
What are the reactants and products of each process of cellular respiration?
What is the purpose of NADH and FADH2 in cellular respiration?
What is the role of oxygen in cellular respiration?
How is cellular respiration different in prokaryotic cells (bacterial cells)?
What is the role of the mitochondria? What are the parts of the mitochondria?