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