Keystone Biology Bootcamp - Bioenergetics

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What is bioenergetics?

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Bioenergetics is the study of the flow and transformation of energy in and between living organisms and their environment.

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What are the main processes of energy conversion in plants?

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Photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

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What is photosynthesis?

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Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants, algae, and some bacteria convert light energy into chemical energy in the form of glucose, using carbon dioxide and water.

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What is cellular respiration?

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Cellular respiration is the process by which cells convert glucose and oxygen into energy (ATP), carbon dioxide, and water.

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What is ATP?

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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the primary energy carrier in all living organisms.

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What is the role of chloroplasts in photosynthesis?

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Chloroplasts are organelles in plant cells that capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy during photosynthesis.

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What is the role of mitochondria in cellular respiration?

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Mitochondria are organelles that generate ATP through the process of cellular respiration.

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What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?

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Photosynthesis produces glucose and oxygen, which are used in cellular respiration to produce ATP, carbon dioxide, and water.

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What is endosymbiosis?

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Endosymbiosis is a theory that explains how certain organelles, like chloroplasts and mitochondria, originated from free-living prokaryotes that were engulfed by ancestral eukaryotic cells.

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What are the inputs and outputs of photosynthesis?

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Inputs: Carbon dioxide, water, and light energy; Outputs: Glucose and oxygen.