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Chapter 8 photosynthesis Flashcards

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What are the characteristics of living things?

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  • Maintain Homeostasis
  • Highly Organized
  • Requires Energy
  • Grow and Develop
  • Reproduce
  • Made of Cells
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The need for energy is to

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maintain homeostasis and undergo life processes.

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Energy is

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the ability to do work or to cause change.

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Specific Forms of Energy

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  • Chemical Energy
  • Light Energy
  • Thermal Energy
  • Electrical Energy
  • Mechanical Energy
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Stored Energy is

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potential energy in the form of chemical compounds.

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Chemical Compounds store energy

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in the bonds between atoms.

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As bonds are broken, new bonds

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Form to create different substances.

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Energy is lost and may be transformed + example

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Into different forms.

Ex: burning candles creates heat/light.

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Living things require chemical energy, but

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It must be in the correct form.

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Adenosine triphosphate is

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Usable form of energy.

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Cells are able to

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Store and release energy effectively

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Example of the form of ATP

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Quarter

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What happens when energy is released in ATP?

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ATP has a bond broken between the second and third phosphate

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What happens when ATP stores energy?

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ATP gains a phosphate and creates a bond.

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Why is the ATP molecule useful?

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  • Allows the efficient transfer of energy

- Able to store smaller amounts of energy for short periods of time.

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How does storing smaller amounts of energy contrast?

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Glucose stores 90x the amount of energy as ATP.

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What is the original source of energy?

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Sun

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What are autotrophs + examples?

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Self feeders able to use energy and raw materials to create food in the form of chemical energy.
Ex: plants/algae and few bacteria.

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What are Heterotrophs +example

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Feeds on others and uses chemical energy from other organisms for food.
Ex: animals, fungus, most bacteria

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What is the photosynthesis formula?

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C6H12O6

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What is the cellular respiration formula?

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C6h12o6+O2 ~ co2+H2o+ATP

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Van Helmont observations about photosynthesis

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  • Where does tree mass come from?
  • Mass did not come from soil.
  • Concluded mass came from water.
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Priestley observations about photosynthesis

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  • Put candle with leaf in jar

- Leaf revived the injured air.

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Ingenhousz observations about photosynthesis

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-Discovered that plants require sunlight.

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Electromagnetic spectrum is
Energy that travels in the forms of waves.
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"White Light" consists of
the full range of the visible light spectrum.
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Visible light code is
ROYGBIV
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Different colors correspond to
different wavelengths.
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When light strikes an object, it's component of wavelengths of energy can be…
- reflected - absorbed - transmitted.
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An object appears a certain color because
those wavelengths are reflected
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Black
absorbs
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White
reflects
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Black
Absorbs
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What are pigments?
Molecules that reflect certain colors and absorb other colors
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Examples of common pigments?
- Anthocyainws - Chlorophyll - Xanthophyll - Carotene
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Chlorophyll are
Pigments that generally are green.
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Two types of chlorophyll?
- Chlorophyll A | - Chlorophyll B
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Chlorophyll A absorbs
Purple,violet, and red orange.
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Chlorophyll A is
directly involved in light- dependent reactions.
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Chlorophyll B absorbs
Blue, yellow orange.
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Chlorophyll B is
considered to be an accessory pigment since it absorbs wavelengths of color from a different range therefore enhances the efficiency of photosynthesis.
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Carotenoids are
accessory pigments that absorb green wavelengths of light.
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Carotenoids reflect
orange and red wavelengths.
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Carotenoids are common in
flowers and fruit.
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Chloroplasts are
specialized organelles for photosynthesis.
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Chloroplasts are made up of…
- Thylakoids | - Photosystems
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Thylakoids are
systems of membranes arranged as a series of interconnected flattened sacs.
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Grana are
stacks of membranes
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Stroma is
solution surrounding the grana
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Photosystems are
clusters of pigment molecules within the thylakoid membrane that act as light collecting units.
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Chlorophyll absorbs…which transfers energy to particular structures that raise the … … …
Chlorophyll absorbs VISIBLE LIGHT which transfers energy to particular structures that raise the ENERGY LEVEL OF ELECTRONS
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Electron carriers are
compound that can accept high-energy electrons and transfer them along with their energy to another molecule.
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Sunlight is capable of
Energizing(exciting) electrons.
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High energy electrons require a carrier within the cell. Example illustration is
Hot potato
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What is NADP+?
Carrier molecule that accepts and holds two electrons with hydrogen to form
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Some light energy can be trapped in… … which can then be transferred to other reactions.
Some light energy can be trapped in CHEMICAL FORM which can then be transferred to other reactions.
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NADP+ energy can be used to
build a variety of organic molecules
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NADP+ can be
recycled
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What are the overall actions of light- dependent reactions?
- Uses light to convert ADP-ATP and NADP+-NADPH | - Split H20 molecules to release oxygen.
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Light energy is absorbed by
photosystems in thylakoid membranes.
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Absorbed light energy causes …… in …… to move to higher ……and eventually leave and be transferred to ………
Absorbed light energy causes ELECTRONS in CHLOROPHYLL A to move to higher ENERGY LEVELS and eventually leave and be transferred to THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN
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Source of new electrons come from...
the splitting of the water molecule.
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High energy electrons move through
the electron transport chain to pump hydrogen across the thylakoid membrane.
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How are electrons re-energized?
by the next photosystem.
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What process is required to form ATP?
Chemiosmosis
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Moving hydrogen inside the thylakoid membrane creates a
concentration gradient of charge.
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Chemiosmosis also requires
ATP SYNTHASE
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ATP Synthase rotates like
A turbine and converts ADP TO ATP
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Light-Independent reactions are also known as
the Calvin Cycle
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Overall actions of the Calvin Cycle
- Trap CO2 into a specialized molecule | - Usage of ATP and NADPH FROM LIGHT REACTIONS to create bonds in the formation of carbohydrates.
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The Calvin Cycle requires
Carbon Fixation
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What is Carbon Fixation?
incorporates CO2 into intermediate organic molecules in the sequence of creating carbohydrates.
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The Calvin Cycle occurs in
the stroma of chloroplasts
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Calvin Cycle needs molecules and steps like
RuBP~PGA~PGAL
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Energy from ATP and NADPH is used to create
Bonds
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Final molecule in Calvin Cycle is used to create
Energy-rich glucose that can be converted to Complex Carbs, Lipids, and Proteins.
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Factors that affect photosynthesis
- H20 - CO2 - Amount of light.

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