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| What ancient organisms are thought to be the first to separate hydrogen in a water molecule from oxygen during photosynthesis? |
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| Many scientists think that a change in the food source of ancient seas caused the arrival of the photosynthesis process. What triggered this "change"? |
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| increase in population of heterothophs and a lack of food |
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| Why are autotrophs considered so important to earth's overall health? |
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| without autotrophs all other life forms would starve to death over time |
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| Autotrophs use of photosynthesis to produce organic compounds from which two reactants? |
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| The chloroplasts of photosynthetic organisms absorb which two wavelengths of color? |
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| low energy red and high energy blue |
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| What specifically is created during the first half of the photosynthetic process? |
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| the 18 ATP and 12 NADPH energ carrier molecules needed in the final part of photosynthesis |
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| Where in the chloroplast is glucose produced during the light-independent reaction? |
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| the jelly-like stroma that surrounds the thylakoids |
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