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Ch 10 Photosynthesis Flashcards

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1
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The ______________ is the fluid outside the thylakoid and it contains DNA, Ribosomes and several enzymes

A

Stroma

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The light reactions also generates ATP using chemiosmosis to power the addition of a phosphate group to ADP, a process called_____________

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Photophosphorylaation

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______________ _________________ is a technique used by medical doctors to rule out antibiotic resistant, as gram negative bacteria.

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Gram staining

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A _______________is composed of a reaction center complex surrounded by several light harvesting complexes.

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Photosystem

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_______________ are the principal agents in bioremediation, a process that uses organisms to remove pollutants from the soil, air or water

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Prokaryotes

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Many protists are important ________________, organisms that use energy from light to convert CO2 to organic compounds.

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producers

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__________ is the process that converts light energy into chemical energy.

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Photosynthesis

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Autotrophs

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sustain themselves without eatinganything derived from other organisms.

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9
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_____________ are the producers of the biospehere, producing organic molecules from CO2 and other inorganic molecules.

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Autotrophs

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10
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almost all plants are ____________, using the energy of sunlight to make organic molecules

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photautotrophs

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________________ obtain their organic material from other organisms

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Heterotrophs

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Heterotrophs are the ______ of the biosphere

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consumers

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Almost all_________, including humans, depend on photoautotrophs for food and O2

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heterotrophs

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14
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What is the site of photosynthesis in plants?

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Chloroplasts in the leaves

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15
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How do plants get their green color?

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Their green color is from chlorophyll, the green pigment within chloroplasts

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Where are chloroplasts found?

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Chloroplasts are mainly found in cells of the mesophyll, the interior tissue of the leaf

-each mesophyll cell contains 30-40 chloroplasts

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17
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Photosynthesis can be summarized in what equation?

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6CO2+12H2O+light energy————C6H12O6

6O2+6H2O

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18
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What does chloroplasts split water into and what doe is realease?

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19
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What is meant by photosynthesis being a redox reaction?

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a redox process in which H2O is oxidized and CO2 is reduced

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20
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Photosynthesis is an ________process; the energy boost is provided by light

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endorgonic

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21
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Photosynthesis consists of the _________(the photo part) and ________(the synthesis part)

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Light reaction

Calvin Cycle

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22
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Where does the light reaction take place?

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The Thylakoid

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23
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What are the steps for the light reaction?

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  • Split H2O
  • Release O2
  • Reduce NADP+ to NADPH
  • Generate ATP from ADP by photophosphorylation
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24
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Where does the Calvin Cycle take place?

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The Stroma

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25
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What happens in the calvin cycle?

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  • forms sugar from CO2, using ATP and NADPH
  • The Calvin cycle begins with carbon fixation, incorporating CO2 into organic molecules
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26
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__________ are solar-powered chemical factories
Their __________ transform light energy into the chemical energy of ATP and NADPH

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Chloroplasts

Thylakoids

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27
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Light is a form of electromagnetic energy, also called ____________________

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Electromagnetic radiation

28
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____________ are substances that absorb visible light

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pigments

29
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Why do leaves appear green?

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Leaves appear green because chlorophyll reflects and transmits green light

30
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A _____________ measures a pigment’s ability to absorb various wavelengths

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Spectrophotometer

31
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An __________ ____________is a graph plotting a pigment’s light absorption versus wavelength

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Absorption spectrum

32
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The absorption spectrum of chlorophyll a suggests that what two colors of light work best for photosynthesis?

A

violet-blue and red light work best for photosynthesis

33
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An _________ _______profiles the relative effectiveness of different wavelengths of radiation in driving a process

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Action spectrum

34
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When a pigment absorbs light, it goes from a __________to an excited state, which is __________

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ground state

Unstable

35
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When excited electrons fall back to the ground state, photons are given off, an afterglow called _________

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flourescence

36
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If illuminated, an isolated solution of chlorophyll will fluoresce, giving off________and ________

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light and heat

37
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A photosystem consists of a _____________________(a type of protein complex) surrounded by light-harvesting complexes

A

Reaction Complex center

38
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The_________________________(pigment molecules bound to proteins) transfer the energy of photons to the reaction center

A
39
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A ___________________in the reaction center accepts excited electron and is reduced as a result

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Primary electron acceptor

40
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What is the first step of a light reaction?

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Solar-powered transfer of an electron from a chlorophyll a molecule to the primary electron acceptor is the first step of the light reactions

41
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___________________ functions first (the numbers reflect order of discovery) and is best at absorbing a wavelength of ___________

A

Photosystem II

P680

42
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________________ is best at absorbing a wavelength of 700 nm

A

Photosystem I

43
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During the light reactions, there are two possible routes for electron flowwhat are they?

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Cyclic and linear

44
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_________________-, the primary pathway, involves both photosystems and produces ATP and NADPH using light energy

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Linear elcetron flow

45
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________________-uses only photosystem I and produces ATP, but not NADPH

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Cyclic electron flow

46
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____________generates surplus ATP, satisfying the higher demand in the Calvin cycle

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Cyclic electron flow

47
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Which electron flow was thought to have evolved first?

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Cyclic electron flow is thought to have evolved before linear electron flow

48
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Which cycle is thought to be used for protection of light?

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Cyclic electron flow may protect cells from light-induced damage

49
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Chloroplasts and ___________ generate ATP by __________, but use different sources of energy

A

Mitochondria

Chemiosmosis

50
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How do mitochodria and chloropasts differ in ATP production?

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Mitochondria transfer chemical energy from food to ATP; chloroplasts transform light energy into the chemical energy of ATP

51
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In mitochondria where are protons pumped to, what do they drive and where do they diffuse back to?

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In mitochondria, protons are pumped to the intermembrane space and drive ATP synthesis as they diffuse back into the mitochondrial matrix

52
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In Chloroplast where do protons get pumped to, what do they drive and where do they diffuse back to?

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In chloroplasts, protons are pumped into the thylakoid space and drive ATP synthesis as they diffuse back into the stroma

53
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ATP and NADPH are produced on the side facing the ________, where the ______________takes place

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Stroma

Calvin cycle

54
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light reactions generate ATP and increase the potential energy of electrons by moving them from _________ to __________

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H2O

NADPH

55
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The ____________builds sugar from smaller molecules by using ATP and the _______________of electrons carried by NADPH

A

Calvin cycle

Reducing power

56
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Carbon enters the cycle as CO2 and leaves as a sugar named ___________________

A

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (G3P)

57
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For net synthesis of 1 G3P, the cycle must take place _________ times, fixing 3 molecules of______

A

Three

CO2

58
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The Calvin cycle has what three phases?

A

Carbon fixation (catalyzed by rubisco)
Reduction
Regeneration of the CO2 acceptor (RuBP)

59
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The closing of stomata reduces access to _______and causes________to build up
These conditions favor an apparently wasteful process called____________

A

CO2

O2

photorespiration

60
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What happens in C3 plants?

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  • initial fixation of CO2, via rubisco, forms a three-carbon compound (3-phosphoglycerate)
  • In photorespiration, rubisco adds O2 instead of CO2 in the Calvin cycle, producing a two-carbon compound
  • Photorespiration consumes O2 and organic fuel and releases CO2 without producing ATP or sugar
61
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Why might photorespiration be an evolutionary relic?

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because rubisco first evolved at a time when the atmosphere had far less O2 and more CO2

62
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________________ limits damaging products of light reactions that build up in the absence of the Calvin cycle

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Photorespiration

63
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How do C4 plants work?

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  • minimize the cost of photorespiration by incorporating CO2 into four-carbon compounds in mesophyll cells
  • This step requires the enzyme PEP carboxylase
  • PEP carboxylase has a higher affinity for CO2 than rubisco does; it can fix CO2 even when CO2 concentrations are low
  • These four-carbon compounds are exported to bundle-sheath cells, where they release CO2 that is then used in the Calvin cycle
64
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Some plants, including succulents, use _________________ (CAM) to fix carbon

A

Crassulacean Acid metabolism

65
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_________ plants open their stomata at night, incorporating ________ into organic acids
Stomata close during the day, and CO2 is released from organic acids and used in the _______

A

CAM

CO2

Calvin cycle

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