Photosynthesis

Question 1

What organisms can do photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Some protists, some bacteria, and plants

Question 2

What pigment captures light?

Answer 2

Chlorophyll

Question 3

What light does chlorophyll absorb?

Answer 3

Red and blue.

Question 4

What light does chlorophyll reflect?

Answer 4

Green light

Question 5

Where is chlorophyll found?

Answer 5

Chloroplasts

Question 6

What two processes happen in photosynthesis?

Answer 6

Light dependent and light independent reactions.

Question 7

What are some other names for the light independent reactions?

Answer 7

Calvin Cycle; the dark reactions

Question 8

Where do light dependent reactions happen?

Answer 8

Thylakoids

Question 9

Where are thylakoids found?

Answer 9

Chloroplasts

Question 10

What is a collection of thylakoids called?

Answer 10

Granum

Question 11

What are multiple granum called?

Answer 11

Grana

Question 12

What do the light dependent reactions use?

Answer 12

Light. Water is used but it is split.

Question 13

What is water split into in light dependent reactions?

Answer 13

Electrons, protons, oxygen

Question 14

What do light dependent reactions produce?

Answer 14

Oxygen, ATP, NADPH

Question 15

What do the lighthouse independent reactions (Calvin cycle) need?

Answer 15

NADPH, ATP

Question 16

Where do the light independent reactions happen?

Answer 16

Stroma

Question 17

What is the stroma?

Answer 17

The fluid outside of the thylakoids

Question 18

What do the independent reactions use?

Answer 18

CO2, ATP for energy, NADPH for adding high energy electrons

Question 19

Where are gasses exchanged from in plants?

Answer 19

Stoma

Question 20

What is the plural of stoma?

Answer 20

Stomata

Question 21

What can open and close the stoma?

Answer 21

Guard cells

Question 22

What happens when CO2 enters the pant?

Answer 22

It is changed into a usable ORGANIC form by an enzyme.

Question 23

What do the light independent reactions make?

Answer 23

Glucose