Vaclav Smil, Energy, Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 2. the color of light not absorbed by chlorophyll a and b during photosynthesis
  2. 3. "This makes it obvious that it is not a ____ of energy, but rather our ability to harness it..."
  3. 6. an example of a C3 plant that uses the C3/C2 photosynthesis cycle, and thus has an inherently low energy conversion efficiency
  4. 7. basal metabolic rate
  5. 8. organisms that cannot synthesize new biomass from simple inorganic inputs and must get their building blocks from digested organic compounds
  6. 10. maximum theoretical efficiency of converting insolation into biomass
  7. 11. heterotrophs have two basic ways of metabolizing complex organic compounds, aerobically and anaerobically - that is with and without _____
  8. 12. ____ saturation that C4 photosynthesis cycle plants do not have
  9. 13. percentage of the incoming solar radiation that is reradiated from the atmosphere, clouds, and ground
Down
  1. 1. another word for irradiance
  2. 3. 1367 W/m2
  3. 4. glucose
  4. 5. abbreviation for the third type of photosynthesis path
  5. 7. the average efficiency of the entire ____ is less than 0.2%
  6. 9. energy losses during the subsequent transfers to higher ___ levels are... commonly less than 10%