Topic 5

Question 1

Photosynthesis

Answer 1

The process in which green plants trap light energy and transform it into chemical energy

Question 2

Accessory Pigment

Answer 2

Pigments which absorb wavelengths of light that cannot be absorbed by chlorophyll a or b and pass on the energy to chlorophyll

Question 3

Thylakoid

Answer 3

Membranous fluid-filled flattened discs

Question 4

Grana

Answer 4

Thylakoids arranged into stacks

Question 5

Chlorophyll

Answer 5

Light-trapping pigment which is embedded in the thylakoids membranes

Question 6

Stroma

Answer 6

The fluid inside the chloroplast that bathes the grana

Question 7

Chloroplast

Answer 7

Site of photosynthesis

Double membranes and has it’s own ribosomes, enzymes and DNA

Question 8

Oxidation Reactions

Answer 8

Reactions in which hydrogen is removed

Question 9

Reduction Reaction

Answer 9

Reactions in which hydrogen is added

Question 10

Light-Dependent Stage

Answer 10

Occurs in the thylakoid membrane
Inputs are H20, light energy, NADP+, ADP and Pi
Outputs are 02, ATP and NADPH

Question 11

Carbon Dioxide Fixation Reaction

Answer 11

Reaction in which carbon dioxide is secured in an organic compound

Question 12

Phosphorylation

Answer 12

A biochemical process that involves the addition of phosphate group to an organic molecule
(ADP+P —>ATP)

Question 13

Light Independent Stage

Answer 13

Occurs in the stroma of the chloroplast
Inputs are CO2, ATP, NADPH
Outputs are glucose, ADP and P and NADP+