Photosynthesis Flashcards
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which most producers use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water.
What type of organisms do photosynthesis?
Plants, some bacteria and algae.
What are the Main parts of the chloropast
Grana thylakoid and stroma
What is chlorophyll?
Pigment that absorbs light energy
How do gases enter an exit the leaves of plants
Through the stomata of the plant
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?
Light energy + 6CO2 + 6H2O ~ C6 h12 O6 + 6O2
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and oxygen
What are the reactions of photosynthesis?
Water and carbon dioxide.
Where do light dependent reactions take place?
Thylakoids
Where do light independent reactions take place?
Storma
Light independent reaction is also known as
The calvin cycle
What is produced in the light Reactions that go to the kelvin cycle
Oxygen Atp and nadph
What happens in the calvin cycle
Carbon dioxide an energy from light Dependent reaction Are used to make sugar
Why is photosynthesis important
It provides oxygen to an ecosystem which is essential to humans
