chlorophyll - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This pigment coordinates a central magnesium ion and absorbs blue light. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this compound found in plants and algae, where it is responsible for absorbing sunlight. This compound also gives plants their green colour.

ANSWER: chlorophyll [accept chlorophyll a or chlorophyll b]

[10m] Photosynthesis implicates these structures found inside chloroplasts. These structures form stacks known as grana and contain a membrane around an inner lumen.

ANSWER: thylakoids

[10h] The thylakoid membrane contains these protein complexes that are responsible for the redox reactions in photosynthesis. They contain subcomponents such as P680 and P700.

ANSWER: photosystem [accept photosystem I or photosystem II]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	23.75	100%	75%	63%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	18.18	100%	73%	9%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	44%	44%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	24.00	100%	60%	80%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	88%	88%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	33%	56%

Data


Binghamton A	Cornell E	10	10	0	20
Binghamton C	Binghamton B	10	0	0	10
Cornell B	Cornell A	10	0	0	10
Cornell D	Cornell C	10	0	10	20
Cornell F	ESF	10	0	0	10
Auburn C	Georgia Tech E	10	0	0	10
UCLA E	Claremont B	10	10	10	30
UCLA A	Claremont C	10	10	10	30
Claremont A	UCLA D	10	0	0	10
UCSD	UCLA C	10	0	10	20
USC	UCLA B	10	10	10	30
Alberta	UW Envy	10	0	0	10
UW Chastity	Arizona State A	10	10	0	20
Arizona State B	UW Wrath	10	0	0	10
UBC A	UW Gluttony	10	0	0	10
UW Greed	UBC B	10	10	0	20
UW Pride	UW Lust	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Appalachian State B	Liberty C	10	0	0	10
UNC A	James Madison A	10	0	0	10
NC State	James Madison B	10	0	0	10
VCU	Liberty A	10	10	10	30
Tusculum	Duke A	10	0	0	10
UNC B	Virginia	10	0	0	10
UNC C	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	William & Mary	10	10	10	30
Chicago A	Illinois C	10	10	10	30
Illinois D	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	WashU A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame A	Illinois A	10	0	0	10
Notre Dame B	Northwestern B	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
SIUE	Purdue A	10	0	0	10
Northwestern A	Purdue B	10	0	0	10
WashU B	Illinois B	10	0	10	20
Penn State	U of Rochester A	10	0	0	10
Cornell G	RIT A	10	10	0	20
RIT B	Syracuse	10	10	0	20
RIT C	U of Rochester B	10	0	0	10
Miami B (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	10	10	30
Michigan A (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan D (UG)	Michigan B (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	West Virginia A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Michigan State A	Miami C (DII)	10	10	0	20
West Virginia B (UG)	Ohio State A (UG)	10	0	0	10
Ohio State B (DII)	CWRU A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Miami A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	10	10	10	30
Furman	Clemson A	10	0	0	10
Auburn A	Emory A	10	0	0	10
Georgia Tech B	Georgia A	10	10	0	20
Mississippi State A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Southern	Georgia Tech D	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
Tennessee A	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	Tennessee B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt B	Alabama A	10	10	0	20
Columbia J (DII)	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A (UG)	Fordham A	10	10	0	20
Penn B (DII)	Maryland A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Penn A (DII)	NYU A (UG)	10	10	0	20
NYU B	Maryland B (DII)	10	0	0	10
Princeton A (UG)	Lehigh A (UG)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh B (DII)	Rowan A (DII)	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Bard A (UG)	10	10	0	20