Thursday, November 14, 2013

Identify and describe modifications of roots, stems, and leaves of different plants. Give one example of each.

Storage roots:  Modified roots that store water or food (e.g. carrots)
Stem tubers:  Horizontal underground stems that store carbohydrates (e.g. potato)
Bulbs:  Modified leaf bases (may be found as underground vertical shoots) that contain layers called scales (e.g. onion)

Outline the differences between monocotyledons and dicotyledons

The leaf veins of a monocotyledons have parallel venation while dicotyledons have reticulated venation. Monocotyledons have one cotyledon while dicotyledons have two. Monocotyledons have fibrous adventitious roots and dicotyledons have top roots with lateral branches. Monocotyledons have floral organs that appear in multiples of three while dicotyledons have floral organs that appear in multiples of four and five. The pollen in monocotyledons has single pores while the pollen in dicotyledons has three pores.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Draw and label a diagram showing the structure of a chloroplast as seen in electron micrographs

State the final products of the two photosystems involved in the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis

There are two final products from both photo system the are nadph and ATP which will both be used later in the Calvin cycle

Explain photophosphorylation in terms of chemiosmosis

As the electrons cycle through the electron transport chains located on the thylakoid membrane, they lose energy
This free energy is used to pump H+ ions from the stroma into the thylakoid
The build up of protons inside the thylakoid creates an electrochemical gradient
The H+ ions return to the stroma via the transmembrane enzyme ATP synthase, which uses the potential energy from the proton motive force to convert ADP and an inorganic phosphate (Pi) into ATP