Chapter 10 Flashcards
Conversion of light energy to chemical energy
Photosynthesis
What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
Feed the entire biosphere
What organisms carry out photosynthesis?
Autotrophs
Where in the cell does photosynthesis occur
Chloroplast
Builds proton gradient to put ATP together
Thylakoid
DNA that codes for proteins in a chloroplast
Plasmids
How many membranes do chloroplasts have?
2
Stacks of thylakoids
Granum
Tissues in the interior of the leaf
Mesophyll
Allows gas exchange between the environment and interior of the plant
Stomata
Fluid in the chloroplast surrounding the thylakoid membrane, involved in the synthesis of organic molecules from carbon dioxide and water
Stroma
Green pigments that participates directly in light reactions
Chlorophyll
Converts solar energy to the chemical energy of ATP and NADPH; releasing oxygen in the process
Light reaction
Involves the fixation of atmospheric carbon dioxide and the reduction of the fixed carbon into carbohydrate
Calvin cycle
Process of generating ATP from ADP and phosphate by means of chemiosmosis
Photophosphorylation