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Photosynthesis

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Chapter 10: Photosynthesis Concept 10.4 (195 ? 197) is not required knowledge for the AP? exam and is omitted. Overview: The Process That Feeds the Biosphere photosynthesis is the process that converts solar energy into chemical energy plants and other autotrophs are the producers of the biosphere photosynthesis occurs in plants, algae, certain other protists and some prokaryotes heterotrophs obtain their organic material from other organisms?consumers Concept 10.1: Photosynthesis converts light energy to the chemical energy of food Chloroplasts: The Sites of Photosynthesis in Plants the leaves of plants are the major sites of photosynthesis the color of the leaf is from chlorophyll, a pigment within the chloroplasts

plantevolution

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Alternation of generations
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Bio104 Laboratory ? Student?s Guide John Jay College, C.U.N.Y Lab #6 ? Page 1 Lab #6: Evolution of Land Plants I. Introduction a. Last week, we learned about several types of green algae and explored their evolution from solitary single-celled organisms through colonialism and into multicellularity. Although green algae are protists, green algae and land plants share a common ancestor and have many shared features. Both are Eukaryotes and both have chloroplasts that are strikingly similar. b. However, plants have diverged considerably from algae. The two most striking differences are that plants have evolved life cycles that are very distinct from that of protists, and that nearly

Campbell Biology Chapter 10 Outline

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Photorespiration
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Mica Piro Chapter 10: Photosynthesis The Process That Feeds the Biosphere The conversion of light energy from the sun to chemical energy stored as sugar is called photosynthesis (occurs in algae, certain other unicellular eukaryotes, and some prokaryotes) Nourishes almost the entire living world directly or indirectly Organism acquires the organic compounds it uses for energy and carbon skeletons by one of 2 major modes: autotrophic nutrition or heterotrophic nutrition Autotrophs (?self-feeders?) sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other living beings Produce their organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic raw materials obtained from the environment

Campbell Biology Chapter 37 Outline

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Symbiosis
Nitrogen metabolism
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Root nodule
Rhizobia
Mycorrhiza
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Denitrification
Nitrogen fixation
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Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Chapter 37 Plant Nutrition Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Nutritional requirements of plants ? Plants derive most of their organic mass from the CO2 of air ? also depend on soil nutrients such as water and minerals ? classic experiments by Jean-Baptiste van Helmont & Stephen Hales ? nitrogen acquired mainly as nitrate ions (NO3?) Copyright ? 2005 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Benjamin Cummings Essential Elements ? more than 50 chemical elements found in inorganic substances in plants ? not all of these are essential ? chemical element is considered essential if it is required for a plant to complete a life cycle

Chapter 1 Powerpoint

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Chapter 1 Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability Living in an Exponential Age Human population growth: J-shaped curve Exponential Growth plays a key role in 5 important and interconnected environmental issues Population growth Resource use and waste Poverty Loss of biodiversity Global climate change Biodiversity includes: Genetic variation within a species Variety of species in an area Variety of habitat types within a landscape What is Environmental Science? The goals of environmental science are to learn: how nature works. how the environment effects us. how we effect the environment. how we can live more sustainably without degrading our life-support system. Sustainability: The Integrative Theme

Practice Questions

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Biological Diversity, Animal Behavior & Endangered Species Study Guide 1. What is biodiversity? What is the underlying cause of biodiversity? Biodiversity is a variety of different species in a specific area. The major cause for lowering biodiversity is the loss of habitat due to human kind activities. 2. Biological diversity involves the following concepts. Explain each: Genetic diversity ? variety of genes in a species to allow for it to have an reproductive advantage Habitat/ecosystem diversity- large area with different biomes for organisms to thrive in. Species diversity- number of different species and their abundance.

Chapter 4 outline

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Chapter 4 Evolution and Biodiversity Summary 1. Life emerged on the earth through two phases of development: a chemical evolution of the organic molecules, biopolymers, and systems of chemical reactions to form the first cells and the biological evolution from single-celled prokaryotic bacteria to single-celled eukaryotic creatures, and then to multicellular organisms. 2. Evolution is the change in a population?s genetic makeup over time. Evolution forces adaptations to changes in environmental conditions in a population. The diversity of life on earth reflects the wide variety of adaptations necessary and suggests that environmental conditions have varied widely over the life of the earth.

Chapter 3 questions

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Common Kestrel
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AP Environmental Science Unit 2 Test Ch. 3 & 4 Do NOT write on the test 49) Which statement describes the result of the second law of thermodynamics? A. In any isolated system entropy tends to increase spontaneously. B. Heat energy always flows spontaneously from hot to cold. C. Energy can not be created or destroyed. D. Energy input always equals energy output. 50) The energy available to the tertiary consumers (top carnivores) in a particular ecosystem is 10 kJ m?2 y?1. How much energy (in kJ m?2 y?1 ) is likely to be passed on by the producers to the primary consumers? A. 1 B. 10 C. 100 D. 1000 E. 10,000 51) How is the net productivity of the producers in an ecosystem defined? A. Energy fixed by biomass per unit time plus respiratory losses

Chapter 15 powerpoint

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Nonrenewable Mineral Resource Extraction & Processing Chapter 15 Essential Question #1 What are nonrenewable mineral resources & how does the USGS classify them? Minerals & Mineral Resources Minerals An element or inorganic compound that occurs naturally and is solid with a regular crystalline structure Ex: Salt / Quartz / Diamond Mineral Resources A concentration of naturally occurring material in or on the earth?s crust that can be extracted & processed into useful materials at an affordable cost Ex: fossil fuels / metallic minerals / nonmetalic minerals Nonrenewable Mineral Resources Fossil Fuels Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Metallic Mineral Resources Aluminum, Steel, Iron, Copper Strategic metals: manganese, cobalt, chromium, platinum Nonmetallic Mineral Resources

Chapter 11 questions

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Chapter 11 Questions Chapter 11 Question 1 Describe the collapse of the cod fishery in the northwest Atlantic and some of its side effects Collapse: The overfishing through Industrial fish harvesting methods caused the collapse of Cod in the Northwest Atlantic in 1992. Side effects: Severely damaged New Finland?s economy, 20,000 fishermen out of work, Cod population still has not recovered, lead to collapse of other species such as sharks. Describe the effects of trawler fishing, purse-seine fishing, longlining, and drift-net fishing. Trawler fishing: Used to catch fish and shellfish that live on or near the ocean floor. Involves a funnel-shaped net along the ocean floor. Destroys ocean floor habitats.

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