Praxis 2 Exam ( part 3)

Is a substance or compound added to a system to cause a chemical reaction, or added to see if a reaction occurs

Is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed

is a molecule or ion capable of donating a hydron, or, alternatively, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair

Is the state in which both reactants and products are present in concentrations which have no further tendency to change with time

Solution is an aqueous solution consisting of a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base, or vice versa

Is a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base react quantitatively with each other

Is a process that leads to the transformation of one set of chemical substances to another

It is a hydrogen ion acceptor. It lowers the hydrogen ion concentration in a solution while increasing the pH of that solution..

The strength of an acid refers to its ability or tendency to lose a proton

Is a membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria

Is a form of respiration using electron acceptors other than oxygen

An excited state of a system is any quantum state of the system that has a higher energy than the ground state

Is a term used for several closely related green pigments found in cyanobacteria and the chloroplasts of algae and plants

Is the simplest of the alpha-keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group

Is a complex of several proteins, pigments and other co-factors that together execute the primary energy conversion reactions of photosynthesis

Or photodecomposition is a chemical reaction in which a chemical compound is broken down by photons

is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the result of wavelength-selective absorption

is a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that can later be released to fuel the organisms' activities

of a quantum mechanical system is its lowest-energy state; the energy of the ground state is known as the zero-point energy of the system

is an important enzyme that creates the energy storage molecule adenosine triphosphate

take place on the thylakoid membranes

is a double membrane-bound organelle found in all eukaryotic organisms, although some cells in some organisms may lack them

Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose C6H12O6, into pyruvate, CH3COCOO− + H+

is a nucleoside triphosphate, a small molecule used in cells as a coenzyme