III C Flashcards
(41 cards)
Biological process that captures light energy and transforms it into chemical bond energy of organic molecules
Photosynthesis
Continuous series of radiation of which visible light is only a very small part
The electromagnetic spectrum
Light is composed of small particles called
Photons
The energy of a photon is ______ proportional to its wavelength
Inversely proportional
When a photon of light is absorbed, an electron _____
Is raised to a higher energy state
When an electron is raised to a higher energy state, either _____ or ______ happens
The electron returns to its ground state with the release of energy as heat or as light of a longer wavelength (fluorescence)
Or
Electron leaves the action (necessary for photosynthesis to proceed)
Substances that absorb light are called ______, different _______ absorbed light of different wavelengths
Pigments
Chloroplasts contain the green pigment called ______
Chlorophyll
Photosynthesis takes place in the ______ in eukaryotes
Chloroplasts
Chloroplasts have a _____ surrounding them in addition to an elaborate internal _____ system that is continuous with the inner membrane
Double membrane
Thylakoid membrane
Within chloroplasts, chlorophyll is located in the membranes of flatted disks called _____, which are stacked to form _____. Thylakoid membranes enclosed by the
Thylakoids
Grana
Thylakoid membranes enclose the Thylakoid interior space or _____
Lumen
The fluid filled matrix surrounding the grand is called the _____
Stroma
Photosynthetic tissue is located in the middle portion of a leaf, between the surfaces of the lead blade, and is called the _____. Palisade and spongy _____ cells contain 20-100 chloroplasts
Mesophyll
Thylakoid membranes contain several kinds of pigments, including _____, the main pigment of photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
A chlorophyll has 2 main parts
One captures energy
Long hydrocarbon chain that anchors the molecule in the Thylakoid membrane
There are several kinds of chlorophyll, the most important one is ______, since only it can initiate the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
Chlorophyll A
Chlorophyll B, xanthophylls and carotenoids are ______ which reflect yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange
Accessory pigments
The _____ of a pigment is a plot of its absorption of light at various wavelengths
Absorption spectrum
The _____ of photosynthesis is a graph of the rate of photosynthesis at various wavelengths
Action spectrum
The action spectrum closely _____ the absorbs ion spectrum of chlorophyll
Parallels
Light-dependent reactions occur in units called _____, which are embedded in the ______
Photosystems
Thylakoid membranes
Photosystems contain _____, _____, and _____
Chlorophyll molecules
Accessory pigments
Associated electron acceptors
200-300 pigment molecules are arrange in group, which associated proteins and enzymes, which absorb light energy
Antenna complexes