Assignment task: You can choose from the following list of terms (each will be used only once): Reduction, Photon, Autotroph, Fixation, NADPH, Regeneration, Heterotroph, or Thylakoid.
Q1. Which term can be defined as a particle of radiant energy that can excite electrons during photosynthesis?
Q2. Which term can be defined as an organism that relies on other organisms to supply them with food energy in the form of glucose?
Q3. Which term can be defined as the major step of the Calvin Cycle where organic acids are converted into 3-carbon sugars?
Q4. Which term can be defined as the major step of the Calvin Cycle where RuBP gets reformed from sugars produced?
Q5. Which term can be defined as the high-energy intermediate that gets produced in photosynthesis, but is not produced in aerobic respiration?
Q6. Which term can be defined as a membrane disk inside the chloroplast that has chlorophyll molecules embedded into it?
Q7. Which term can be defined as an organism that can make its own food energy in the form of glucose?
Q8. Which term can be defined as the major step of the Calvin Cycle where carbon dioxide is joined to a molecule of RuBP?