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Chapter 10 Photosynthesis Flashcards

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What drives the endergonic reaction in photosynthesis?

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Energy from light

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The organelles in plants that carry out photosynthesis

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Chloroplasts

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What has the green pigment and absorbs light?

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Chlorophyll

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Describe the anatomy of chloroplast

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Outer and inner membrane, inter membrane space, 3rd membrane (thylakoid) contains pigment molecules

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A stack of thylakoids make up the _________

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Granum

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The tiny openings where gassed pass though in pants

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Stomata

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The liquid part inside the chloroplast

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Stroma

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What is the equation for photosynthesis?

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6 CO2 + 12 H2O + Light Energy

Yields

C6H12O6 + 6 O2 + 6 H2O

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Chloroplasts split water into hydrogen and oxygen, incorporating the electrons of ____________ into sugar molecules

O2 is released as a by product

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Hydrogen

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Photosynthesis is a redox reaction in which ________ is oxidized and ______________ is deduced

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Water, CO2

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Endergonic redox process, energy is used to reduce ___________

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CO2

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Photosynthesis consist of what two stages

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Light reactions (photo part), Calvin cycle (the synthesis part) ***

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Where does the photo part occur?

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In thylakoid membrane of chloroplast

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Steps of the light reactions

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  • split water
  • releases oxygen
  • reduces NADP+ to NADPH
  • generate ATP from ADP by photophosphorylation
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Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

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Stroma

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Steps in the Calvin cycle

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  • CO2 is incorporated into existing organic molecules (carbon fixation)
  • reduced fixed carbon into carbohydrate (sugar)
       - ATP -provides chemical energy 
   - NADPH -provides reducing power
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Thylakoids transform light energy into the chemical energy of _____ and ________

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ATP, NADPH

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Light is a type of _____________ radiation

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Electromagnetic

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Do shorter or longer wavelengths have more energy?

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Shorter

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What is the wavelength range for visible light?

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380-750 nm

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What light drive photosynthesis?

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Visible light

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Each pigment absorbs a specific ______________

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Wavelength

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Substances that absorb visible light

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Pigments in the chloroplast

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Wavelengths that are not absorbed are _________ or ________

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Reflected or transmitted

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When pigments absorb light, electrons....
Get boosted to higher energy levels
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- measures a pigment’s ability to absorb various wavelengths - sends light through pigments and measures the fraction of light transmitted at each wavelength
Spectrophotometer
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What are the main pigments of photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll a -key pigment Chlorophyll d, carotenoids (accessory)
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What color range of of light works best for photosynthesis?
Violet-blue and red
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Profiles the relative effectiveness of different wavelengths of radiation I’m driving a process
An action spectrum
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After an electron absorbs energy; it goes from ground to.....
An unstable excited state
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Excited electrons fall back to ground state release energy as what?
Heat or Florences
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Two components of a photosystem?
Reaction center- pair of chlorophyll a molecules and the primary electron acceptor Light- harvesting complexes- pigment molecules bound to proteins, funnel the energy of photons to the reaction center
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What is the first step of the light reactions?
Solar-powered transfer of an electron from chlorophyll a molecule to the primary electron acceptor
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Two types of photosystems in the thylakoid membrane
Photosystem II and I
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Which PS functions first?
PS II
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PS II is best at absorbing a wavelength of ______ nm | And the reaction center chlorophyll a is called_______
680, P680
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PS I is best at absorbing a wavelength of ______ nm. The reaction-center chlorophyll a is called ______
700, P700
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The two phot systems work together to use light energy to generate _____ and ______
ATP and NADPH
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During the light reactions, there are two possible routes for electron flow:
- cyclic - noncyclic (the primary pathway) Cyclic electron flow uses PS I only (no NADPH or water)
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Noncyclic electron flow produces ________ and ________
ATP and NADPH
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SP I primary role?
To make NADPH Addition of H+ to NADP contributes to H+ electrochemical gradient
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Photosystems I and II work together to make _____ and ______
ATP, NADPH
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Linear or noncyclic electron flow
PS II Excited electrons travel to PS I -water is oxidized, generates O2 and H+ - releases energy in electron transport chain -energy used to make H+ electrochemical gradient
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ATP synthesis driven by flow of H+ from thylakoid _______ into _______ via ATP synthase
Lumen, stroma
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How is the H+ gradient generated?
H+ is increased by - thylakoid lumen by splitting of water - by ETC pumping H+ into lumen H+ is deceased from formation of NADPH In stroma
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Electrons begin in PS II and eventually transfer to ________ linear processes produce ATP and NADPH in ________ amounts
NADPH, equal
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The three products produced by light reactions
1. O2 produced in thylakoid lumen by oxidation of H2O by PS II 2 electrons transferred to P680+ 2. NADPH produced In the stroma from high-energy electrons that start in PS II and boosted in PS I 3. ATP produced in stroma by H+ electrochemical gradient
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Cyclic electron flow only makes ______ and only uses PS __
ATP, 1
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Cyclic electron flow generates surplus ______, satisfying the higher demand in the Calvin cycle
ATP
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Cyclic photophosphorylation
- Electron cycling relaxes energy to transport H+ into lumen driving synthesis if ATP - PS electrons excited, real see e wordy and eventually return to PS I - favored when ATP Levels are low - favored when NADP+ is low and NADPH is high
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Water is split by _______ on the side of the membrane _______ the thylakoid space
PS II, facing
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The diffusion of H+ form ________ back you the _______ powers ATP synthase
The thylakoid space, stroma
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ATP and NADPH are produced on the side facing the ______, where the Calvin cycle takes place
Stroma
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Light reactions generate ATP and increase the potential energy of electrons by moving them from ________ to ________
H2O, NADPH
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- ATP and NADPH used to make carbohydrates | - CO2 incorporated into carbohydrates (precursor to all organic molecules, energy storage)
Calvin-Benson cycle
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The Calvin cycle uses ______ and ________ to convert CO2 to sugar
ATP and NADH
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Carbon enters the Calvin cycle as CO2 and leaves as a sugar named......
Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P) Glucose is not directly made
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For every 6 CO2 incorporated in the Calvin cycle, ______ ATP and ______ NADPH used
18, 12
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What are the three phases of the Calvin cycle?
1. Carbon fixation 2. reduction and carbohydrate production 3. Regeneration of the CO2 acceptor RuBP
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- first phase of the Calvin cycle - CO2 is incorporated in RuBP using rubisco - 6 carbons intermediates splits into 2 3PG
Carbon fixation
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-second phase of the Calvin cycle -ATP is used to concert 3PG into 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate -NADPH electrons reduce it to G3P -6CO2 ——-> 12 G3P (2 for carbohydrate, 20 for regeneration of RuBP
Reduction and carbohydrate production
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- third phase of the Calvin cycle | - 10 G3P converted into 6 RuBP using 6 ATP
Regeneration of the CO2 acceptor RuBP

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