Biology: Concepts and Investigations
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ISBN: 9780078024207
Author: Mariëlle Hoefnagels Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 3MC
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The benefit of having more than one type of pigments in a photosynthetic organism.
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The chlorophyll that is typically green in color is the main photosynthetic pigment. Carotenoids and xanthophylls are the pigments that assist chlorophyll in the absorption of light.
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Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Ch. 5.1 - What is photosynthesis? Describe the reactants and...Ch. 5.1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.1 - Prob. 3MCCh. 5.1 - Prob. 4MCCh. 5.1 - How did the origin of photosynthesis alter Earths...Ch. 5.2 - Prob. 1MCCh. 5.2 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.2 - Prob. 3MCCh. 5.2 - How does the reaction center chlorophyll interact...Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 1MC
Ch. 5.3 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.4 - Prob. 1MCCh. 5.4 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.4 - Prob. 3MCCh. 5.4 - Prob. 4MCCh. 5.5 - What is the relationship between the light...Ch. 5.5 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.6 - Why is the Calvin cycle also called the C3...Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5.6 - What conditions maximize photorespiration?Ch. 5.6 - Prob. 4MCCh. 5.6 - How is the CAM pathway similar to C4 metabolism,...Ch. 5.7 - Prob. 1MCCh. 5.7 - Prob. 2MCCh. 5 - Where does the energy come from to drive...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 5 - The evolution of photosynthesis resulted in a. an...Ch. 5 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 5 - Prob. 7MCQCh. 5 - A plant that opens its stomata only at night is a...Ch. 5 - Imagine that multiple simultaneous volcanic...Ch. 5 - Prob. 2WIOCh. 5 - Prob. 3WIOCh. 5 - Would a plant grow belier in a room painted blue...Ch. 5 - Determine whether each of the following molecules...Ch. 5 - Of the many groups of photosynthetic bacteria,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 7WIOCh. 5 - Over the past decades, the CO2 concentration in...Ch. 5 - How does photosynthesis help compensate for...Ch. 5 - How is the CAM pathway adaptive in a desert...Ch. 5 - Explain how C4 photosynthesis is based on a...Ch. 5 - Explain why each of the following misconceptions...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1PITCh. 5 - 2. How would you incorporate the Calvin cycle,...Ch. 5 - Prob. 3PITCh. 5 - Prob. 4PITCh. 5 - Prob. 5PIT
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