Chapter 10: Photosynthesis Flashcards

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Autotroph

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Self feeder, sustains itself without eating anything derived from other organisms. The producers of the biosphere

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Heterotrophs

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Obtain organic material from other organisms, the consumers of the biosphere

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Chloroplast

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Location of photosynthesis. Located in special plant cells

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Stomata

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Pores in a leaf that allow CO2 and O2 to enter and leave

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Thylakoids

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Interconnected membrane sacs in the chloroplast

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Thylakoid space

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The space inside of the thylakoid

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7
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Stroma

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Dense fluid in the chloroplast (the cytoplasm of the plant)

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8
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Grana

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Stack of thylakoids

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9
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Wavelength

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The measure of the distance between crests of electromagnetic waves

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10
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Electromagnetic spectrum

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Entire range of electromagnetic energy, or radiation

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Visible light

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Wavelengths from 380nm to 740nm, drives photosynthesis and provides the colors seen by the human eye

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12
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Pigment

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A compound that absorbs light

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13
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Chlorophyll A

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The key light-capturing pigment

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14
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Accessory pigments

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Chlorophyll B and Carotenoids

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15
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Photosystems

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Chlorophyll molecules, other pigments, and proteins organized into clusters that harvest light

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16
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Light harvesting complex

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Pigment molecules that absorb/transfer energy and proteins

17
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Reaction center complex

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Pair of chlorophyll A molecules that use energy of a nearby excited electron to boost an electron to higher energy and transfer it to the primary electron acceptor

18
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Primary electron acceptor

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Accepts electrons and gets reduced

19
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Light reactions

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Light dependent reactions occurring in the thylakoid, captures light energy

20
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Calvin cycle

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Light independent reactions occurring in the stroma, joins ATP, NADH, and CO2 into carbohydrates

21
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Carbon fixation

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Incorporating CO2 into organic molecules

22
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Photosystem II

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Reaction center: P680, first step in photosynthesis

23
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Photosystem I

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Reaction center: P700, makes NADPH, second step in photosynthesis

24
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Three products of non-cyclic phosphorylation

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Oxygen, ATP, NADPH

25
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Products of cyclic phosphorylation

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ATP. That’s it

26
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Photorespiration

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Consumes O2 and organic fuel and releases CO2 without producing ATP or sugar

27
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C4 and CAM plants

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Forms of photorespiration separated spatially (C4), and temporally (CAM)