Bio100 - General Botany
MODULE/UNIT 2B ACTIVITY: FOR SUBMISSION (Lecture)
Name: Darlene Krizian G. Dayuha Section: A8A56
INDIVIDUAL TASK
Accomplish this part at the beginning of the module (before you start studying “Plant Physiology”)
Activating Prior Knowledge
Reflect on the learning outcomes. Complete the table below.
Any questions/clarifications in relation to
Learning Outcomes What do you know already?
learning outcomes
1. Explain how water and
solutes are transported in
plants.
The xylem and phloem are the vascular tissues responsible in transporting water Is the transport of water and food in plants
and solutes in plants. The xylem which is made up of elongated dead cells is being stimulated by plant hormones?
responsible in moving water from the roots to the leaves. Phloem, on the other
hand, is made up of living cells. It moves the glucose, the by-product of
photosynthesis, from the leaves to the rest of the plants. The direction of the
glucose transports could either be upward or downward depending on where it
is required.
2. Discuss the
physiological effects of
various plant growth
The things that I can recall regarding the physiological effects of phytohormones Is it possible for two types of plant
regulators are that particular plant hormones play a part in activating the cell growth in hormones to have similar functions?
(“phytohormones”). plants, especially in the stem. It also functions in regulating mitotic processes in
cells of plants, and also enhance the development of the fruit.
3. Describe the phases
(stages) of photosynthesis.
The photosynthesis generally occurs into two stages; the light-dependent reactions Do light-independent reactions occur only
and the light-independent reactions, also called the Calvin cycle. during night time?
The light-dependent reactions, from the word itself, requires the presence of
sunlight. This reaction takes place in the thylakoid membrane, wherein sunlight is
captured and is stored in the form ATP.
Calvin cycle occurs in the stoma, it is light-independent which means this process
no longer requires sunlight. During this stage, the stored ATP is then converted into
glucose which serves as food to the plants.
4. Explain the processes
involved in cellular
respiration.
The cellular respiration is made up of aerobic and anaerobic processes and is What happens if there is no oxygen present
break down into three steps, as follows: Glycolysis (anaerobic), Krebs Cycle in performing the aerobic processes like
(aerobic) and Electron Transport Chain (aerobic) Krebs cycle?
• Gycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm, it is made up of reactions that involves the
presence of cerain enzymes. The main goal of glycolysis is to be able to produce
pyruvic acid from glucose and will then move on to the Krebs cycle.
• Before the pyruvic acid enters in the Krebs cycle, it first combines with a specific
enzyme and it will then become Acetyl CoA. In Krebs cycle, Acetyl CoA combines
with a carbon molecule to produce Citric acid molecule.
• In Electron Transport Chain, there is a series of protein found in the
mitochondrion, mostly in its membrane. In this stage, oxygen is being used as the
final electron acceptor.
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