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what are photosynthetic organisms in an ecosystem

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producers

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how are producers involved in evergy flow in an ecosystem

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take in sunlight and convert it to chemical energy of sugars

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how do producers recycle chemical nutrients in an ecosystem

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convert CO2 and H2O to sugar and O2

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why are plants autotrophs

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bc they make their own food

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what types of organisms besides plants are producers

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algae, kelp, cyanobacteria, other prokaryotes

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organisms that produce food using the energy of light

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photoautotrophs

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7
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what part of the leaf contains chloroplasts

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mesophyll layer

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how many membranes do chloroplasts have

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two

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where is the chlorophyll located within chloroplast?

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in thylakoid, within stacks of grana

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reactants of photosyntehsis

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water and carbon dioxide

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products of photosynthesis

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glucose, water, oxygen

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where is the oxygen from - which reactant

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water

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photosynthesis equation

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CO2 + H2O -> C6H12O6 + O2 + H2O

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what is reduced in photosynthesis?

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carbon dioxide to glucose

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what is oxidized in photosynthesis?

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water to oxygen

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what kind of reaction is photosynthesis

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redox (oxidation-reduction)

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what is photosynthesis the opposite of

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cellular respiration - it reverses the flow and involves an uphill climb that is endergonic - cell. resp. is food to energy, photosynthesis is energy to food

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18
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how do electrons gain energy

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by being boosted up an energy hill

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what provides the boost for electrons

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light energy captured by chlorophyll molecules

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where is the chemical energy made from light energy stored

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in the chemical bonds of sugar molecules (glucose)

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form of photosystem

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contains light harvesting complex w pigments (chlorophyll)

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function of photosystem

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  • acts as light gathering antenna
  • pigments absorb photons, passing the energy, until it reaches the reaction center complex
  • reaction center complex: electron transfer from chlorophyll to primary electron acceptor
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23
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fixed amount of light energy

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photon

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what happens when a pigment absorbs a photon

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electron jumps to a level farther from nucleus ( excited state )

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why do electrons return from their excited state?
it is unstable
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what occurs as the electrons return to ground state
release of heat and light
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how many photosystems are in lights reactions
2: Photosystem II and Photosystem I
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reactants of light reactions
photons of light energy
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products of light reactions
ATP, NADPH, O2
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how are the photosystems related
the electrons boosted by PII are passed through the "ATP mill" and boosted again by PI, to reduce NADP+ to NADPH
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where are light reactions occuring
thylakoid membrane
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how does sunlight enter photosystem
through the chlorophyll molecules
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what flows through the membrane
electrons
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where the electrons end up after light reactions
NADPH
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when H2O is split, whre do the protons begin to build up?
thylakoid space
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what concentration are the protons going to in light reactions
low to high - get their energy from the electrons passing through
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Define photoautotroph & provide examples
an organism that produces organic molecules from inorganic molecules using light. examples: kelp, alga, and cyanobacteria
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What is the function of chlorophyll & where is it found in a plant cell?
a light absorbing pigment in the chloroplast that plays a central role in converting solar energy to chemical energy. the chlorophyll are found in the thylakoid
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Where are most cloroplasts concentrated within plants?
concentrated in the cells of th mesophyll, a green tissue in the interior of a leaf
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Write the equation for photosynthesis & label which reactant becomes reduced and which reactant becomes oxidized.
6CO2 + 6H2O-->C6h12o6 +6O2 CO2 is reduced to C6H12O6 6H2O is oxidized to 6O2
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how is atp generated in light reactions
ATP synthase - protons diffuse and potential energy is released
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what type of diffusion is it when protons go from high to low concentration through the atp synthase
facilitated diffusion
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where do nadph and atp go
calvin cycle
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where does calvin cycle take place
stroma
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reactants of calvin cycle
atp, nadph, co2
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products of calvin cycle
glucose (2 G3P), adp + p, nadp+
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starting material for calvin cycle - always in it
ribulose biphosphate (RuBP)
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what happens to rubp in calvin cycle
carbon is added through enzyme rubisco, then splits in half into 2 3-PGA (3C molecules)
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does rubisco change
no - keeps its shape so it can repeat
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phosphoglyceric acid
3-PGA
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what does atp do to 3pga
it adds a phosphate group, which makes atp ADP
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what does nadph do to 3pga
it removes a phosphate group and gives H to it, which reduces it
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for every __ CO2 fixed, __ G3P are created
3, 6
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_ of the _ G3P goes to make glucose, the other _ reyccle to RuBP
1 of the 6, 5 recycle
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What are the 2 steps of photosynthesis & where do they occur
1. Light Reactions-thylakoids | 2. Calvin Cycle/Dark Reactions- stroma
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Describe the form & function of a photosystem.
Form- Contains light-harvesting complex, with pigments (chlorophyll) Function-Act as a light-gathering antenna
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What are the reactants of the Calvin cycle & where did they come from?
CO2-environment(air) NADH-Light Reactions ATP-Light Reactions
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For every 3 CO2 "fixed", how many molcules of the energy-rich G3P are created & where do they go?
For every 3 CO2 “fixed”, 6 G3P are created: 1 G3P is used to make sugar (glucose) 5 G3P are rearranged to regenerate RuBP
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what is a autotroph?
organism that produces their own food through photosynthesis
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what are photo autotrophs?
Organisms that produce food using the energy of light
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what is a producer?
photosynthetic organisms in an ecosystem
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ex of autotrophs
plants
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where does photosynthesis occur in a leaf?
chloroplast
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what are the parts and functions of a chloroplast?
has stroma, grana, thylakoid | function: to make photosynthesis by converting light energy to sugars
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reactants of photosynthesis?
co2 and h20
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where do the reactants of photosynthesis come from?
the environment
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what are the products of photosynthesis?
c6h12o6, h20, o2
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what reactant is being reduced?
co2
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what reactant is being oxidized?
h20
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what molecule is split?
water
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where do the parts of of the split water molecule go?
the hydrogen (and electrons) are lost
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Is photosynthesis endergonic of exergonic?
endergonic
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what are the 2 stages of photosynthesis?
light reactions, calvin cycle
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what two molecules link the the stages of photosynthesis?
atp | nadph
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what is a photon?
a fixed amount of energy
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what happens when a photon is absorbed by a pigment?
electrons jump to a level further from the nucleus
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what are the reactants of the light reactions?
h20, nadp+, adp+p, light
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where to reactants in the light reactions come from?
nadp+ ADP+P=calvin cycle | h20, light = environment
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where are photosystems located?
thylakoid membrane
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what is the form of a photosystem? | l
Contains light-harvesting complex, with pigments (chlorophyll)
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What is the function of a photosystem?
➢Act as a light-gathering antenna ➢Pigments absorb photons, passing the energy, until it reaches the reaction center complex ➢Reaction center complex: e- transfer from chlorophyll to primary e- acceptor
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products of the light reactions?
o2, nadph, atp
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where do the dark reactions occur?
stroma
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reactants of dark reactions? come from?
nadph, atp | from the light reactions
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what is RuBP?
five carbon sugar
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how is rubisco involved in the dark reactions?
it is an enzyme that helps carbon fixation
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How does RuBP change when CO2 enters the dark reactions?
it doesn't
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what happens to 3-PGA?
➢ATP phosphorylates 3-PGA, leaving ADP
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How many G3P are created during the dark reactions? Where do they end up?
6 are created. 1 is used to make sugar 5 are rearranged to regenerate RuBP
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what is photorespiration?
➢Rubisco adds oxygen instead of carbon dioxide to RuBP and produces a two-carbon compound, a process called photorespiration
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why do some plants undergo photorespiration if no sugar is produced?
its an evolutionary relic
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What do C4 plants do to prevent water loss in dry climates?
➢Some plants can close their stomata when the weather is hot and dry to conserve water but is able to make sugar by photosynthesis ➢These are called the C4 plants because they first fix carbon dioxide into a four-carbon compound
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what is the problem with photorespiration?
➢Unlike photosynthesis, photorespiration produces no sugar, and unlike respiration, it produces no ATP

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