Crop Phys. Exam 1 - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
Wheat, Soybean C3 crops
100%
Corn, Milo C4 crops
100%
Reduces reaction between Rubisco and O2, limiting photorespiration C4 plants
100%
Carboxylation, reduction, regeneration Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle
100%
Agave, Orchids, Pineapple CAM crops
100%
Thick cuticle, low surface to volume ratios, large vacuoles, reduced size & frequency of stomatal openings CAM plants
100%
6-carbon input molecule split into two 3-carbon molecules that are stable Carboxylation phase
100%
Located in chloroplast membranes and chromoplasts, hydrophobic Carotenoids
100%
porphyrin head+phytol tail, located in chloroplast membranes, hydrophoic Chlorophyll
100%
CAM Crassulacean Acid Metabolism
100%
Maximize light interception Diaheliotropic
100%
Lost as heat, lost as energy (fluorescence), passes to different chlorophyll (fluorescence resonance energy transfer), photochemistry Energy fate in plant
100%
Function of leaf inclination angle, leaf grouping, solar angle G-funtion
100%
GA3P Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate
100%
Initial electron donor in photosynthetic light reactions H2O
100%
Specialized structure of C4 plants, Mesophyll rings around bundle sheath cells, helps concentrate CO2 to limit Kranz anatomy
100%
Ratio of total upper leaf surface area to ground area Leaf Area Index
100%
Spectral light composition, spectral energy distribution Light quality
100%
Amount of incident energy per unit time per unit area Light quantity
100%
and water interface reflect and refract light Light scattering
100%
Detergent resistant aggregates of lipids and proteins; Function: facilitate interactions of specific membrane proteins involved in cell signaling Lipid rafts
100%
Light is perpendicular to leaf lamina Maximum light absorption
100%
Minimize light interception Paraheliotropic
100%
Enzyme that allows for C4 to be affective PEPcase
100%
PEP CK Phosphenol Pyruvate Carboxykinase
100%
PEPcase Phosphenol Pyruvate Carboxylase
100%
Phosphorylates fructose 6-phosphate Phosphofructose kinase
100%
Turning light energy into chemical energy for photosynthesis Photochemistry
100%
Decrease in photosynthesis primarily because damage to PS2 outpaces plant's ability to repair it Photoinhibition
100%
Plants reduce photosynthesis rates because of excess light/solar radiation. This prevents damage because the plant isn't able to repair quickly enough Photoinhibition
100%
Biological response to the length and timing of day and night Photoperiodism
100%
Uptake of O2, release of CO2 in the presence of light Photorespiration
100%
PAR Photosynthetically active radiation
100%
PPFD Photosynthetic photon flux density
100%
Use in movement of electrons in the electron transport chain, from b6f protein to P700 reaction center in PS1 Plastocyanin
100%
Energy contained in a photon Quantum
100%
ATP and NADPH required in this step of Calvin Cycle Reduction
100%
3-PGA molecule is reduced to GA3P Reduction phase
100%
ATP required in this step of Calvin Cycle Regeneration
100%
5-carbon Ribulose Bisphosphate is regenerated from 3 carbon glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate molecules Regeneration phase
100%
Enzyme that catalyzes the reaction leading to the first stable carbon compound in C3 plants Rubisco
100%
200-3000nm Short-wave radiation
100%
Main storage of carbohydrates in plants, complex polysaccharide composed of two entities (amylase/amylopectin) Starch
100%
Location of starch synthesis in chloroplast Stroma
100%
Primary molecule used to distribute photoassimilates from leaves to other parts of the plant Sucrose
100%
Starch that accumulates for use during night Transient starch
100%
Used for starch synthesis, or pumped into cytosol to be made into sucrose Triose phosphates
100%
DHAP and GA3P Triose phosphates
100%
Dissipates heat Xanthophyll cycle
100%
Approximate proportions of light associated with the 3 fates 1. Absorption - 90%2. Reflectance - 7% 3. Transmission - 3%
0%
Fate of light in plants 1. Dissipation of energy as heat2. Fluorescence 3. Transfer of energy to acceptor molecule 4. Photochemistry
0%
3-PGA 3-phosphoglycerate
0%
Provides info about amount of light energy taken up or absorbed by a molecule as a function of the wavelength of light Absorption spectrum
0%
Bound to membrane surface via lipid molecules; Function: Phosphorylation (kinases), messenger cascades (G proteins) Anchored proteins
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1. PEPcase reacts with C cased molecules, typically bicarbonate2. C4 acid transferred from mesophyll to bundle sheath cells 3. C3 acid returns to mesophyll cells and regenerates C4 cycle
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Ion concentration difference and electric potential differences across membranes are sources of free energy that can be utilized by the cell Chemiosmosis
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The point where CO2 assimilated equals the amount of CO2 taken in CO2 Compensation point
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DHAP Dihydroxyacetone phosphates
0%
Regulation of amount of ATP to NADPH produced based on how much of each material is needed (cyclic and non-cyclic) Electron flow regulation
0%
Photons are reflected by chlorophyll Fluorescence
0%
Embedded in the lipid bilayer; Function: ion channels, pumps, include main protein complexes in light reactions Integral proteins
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Contributes to radiation balance of plants Long-wave radiation
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Asperate in, to oxaloacetate, to malate, to pyruvate, leaves as alanine, decarboxylation in mitochonrion NAD-Malic enzyme type
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Malate into bundle sheath cells, leaves as pyruvate, decarboxylation in chloroplasts NADP-Malic enzyme type
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Ability for a plant to perform photosynthesis or assimilate CO2 Net Assimilation Rate
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Enzyme that catalyzes the reaction leading to the first stable carbon compound in C4 plants PEP Carboxylase
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Bound to membrane surface by noncovalent bonds; Function: plasma membrane and cytoskeleton interactions Peripheral proteins
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Asperate in, to oxaloacetate, to phospheno-pyruvate, carboxylation in cytosol Phospenolpyruvate carboxykinase
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Inhibitor of two chloroplast enzymes Phosphoglycolate
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Influence and roles of light on plant development Photomorphogenesis
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Amount of biomass produced by a crop per unit of intercepted solar radiation Radiation Use Efficiency
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Following absorption of light by a leaf pigment, the energy can be transferred to another pigment molecule in the light harvesting complex by this mechanism of energy transfer Resonance energy transfer
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Catalyzes conversion of G3PA to dihydroacetone phosphate Triose phosphate isomerase
0%
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