Your friend lives in a basement apartment with no windows. She loves plants, but every time she tries to grow one it dies. What might you suggest your friend try, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
Your friend should keep her plants under a light source at least 12 hours a day. Plants need the sunlight to produce ATP and NADPH needed to make sugars. With no light, no photosynthesis occurs, and the plant can't grow.
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Cellular respiration is a process unique to animals, and is not undertaken by plants
A. true B. false
Green and purple bacteria are ________. This group of organisms removes electrons from sulfide, thiosulfate, and succinate to generate NADPH.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
How are binary fission and mitosis different?
a. Binary fission is found in eukaryotes, and mitosis is found in prokaryotes. b. Binary fission is used for repair, and mitosis is not. c. Binary fission is found in prokaryotes, and mitosis is found in eukaryotes. d. Binary fission is a division of the nucleus, and mitosis is a division of the cytoplasm.
Enzymes, some hormones, and structural molecules like keratin and collagen are examples of ______________.
a. carbohydrates b. nucleic acids c. proteins d. lipids