Photosynthesis Flashcards
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What gas is needed for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide
What inorganic substance or liquid is needed for photosynthesis?
Water
What gas is a by-product of photosynthesis?
Oxygen
What is the main product of Photosynthesis?
Glucose or Sugar/Carbohydrates
What is the Chemical formula for Photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H20 ►C6H12O6 + 6O2
What Organelle is involved in this process?
Chloroplast
a process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration, can later be released to fuel the organism’s activities
Photosynthesis
Examples of why Photosynthesis is important?
- Production of building blocks for complex compounds in plants
- Generation of ATP
- Production of food
- Reduction of excess carbon dioxide and increase oxygen concentrations.
This phase of Photosynthesis use light energy to make two molecules needed for the next stage of photosynthesis: the energy storage molecule ATP and the reduced electron carrier NADPH.
Light Reaction
In most higher plants, the thylakoids are arranged in tight stacks called this.
Grana
Where does the light-dependent phase of Photosynthesis?
Grana/Thylakoid
This phase of photosynthesis can carry on even without sunlight.
Calvin Cycle
This phase of Photosynthesis involves the utilization of energy from ATP and NADPH in the synthesis of food (glucose), the final product in the process
Dark Reaction
Where does the Dark Reaction occur in the Chloroplast?
Stroma
The set of wavelengths that a pigment doesn’t absorb are
Reflected
Thylakoids are surrounded by a fluid-filled space called this
Stroma
In most photosynthetic organism, thylakoids contain pairs of photosystem called this.
- Photosystem I
- Photosystem II
This molecule absorbs the photon of light
Chlorophyll
The energized electrons are passed from the reaction center of Photosystem II to an electron transport chain. The electrons lost by Photosystem II are replaced by a process called ______, which involves the oxidation of a water molecule, producing free electrons and oxygen gas.
Hydrolysis
As electrons pass through the electron transport chain, the energy from the electron is used to pump hydrogen ions from the stroma to the thylakoid, creating a _______ gradient. This gradient powers a protein called ATP synthase, which phosphorylates ADP to ATP.
Concentration
The low-energy electrons leaving Photosystem II are shuttled to ______
Photosystem I
Within Photosystem I, low-energy electrons are reenergized and are passed through an electron transport chain where they are used to reduce the electron center NADP+ to ____
NADPH
This phase of Photosynthesis involves the absorption of light energy, photoactivation of Chlorophyll, ATP synthesis, production of NADPH, and production of Oxygen
Light Dependent Reaction
is an enzyme found in the thylakoid membrane in chloroplasts of plants, cyanobacteria, and green algae, that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from plastoquinol to plastocyanin.
b6f complex