Chapter 7 Flashcards
Solar energy is converted to the chemical energy stored in bonds of a carbohydrate
Photosynthesis
Organelles in mesophyll tissue cells where photosynthesis takes place are called
Chloroplasts
Carbon dioxide is able to reach mesophyll tissue throughout the leaves
Stomata
A double membrane bound organelle with thylakoids, thylakoid space, grana, stroma
Chloroplasts
A consumer, they are not photosynthetic, and must consume sugar
Heterotrophs
Photosynthetic organism, and make their own food
Autotrophs
Thylakoid membranes contain ________ and _______ _________ capable of absorbing solar energy
Chlorophyll, other pigments
Carbon dioxide decreases being used but new molecules can’t get in and oxygen increases being made but not getting out is an example of
Photorespiration
In c4 plants two different cell layers contain chloroplasts
Mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells
Carbon dioxide is reduced to carbohydrate, and is sometimes called dark reactions because light is not needed is
Calvin reaction
Requires chlorophyll and other pigments. Solar energy excites electrons that move down the electron transport chain
Light reaction
Pumped into bundle sheath cells, takes energy to pump, brings Carbon into the Calvin cycle and oxaloacetate is reduced to
Malate
Bundle sheath cells surround the plumbing(tubular systems bring water from roots and takes sugars away are
C4 plants
In mesophyll tissues, RuBP carboxylase fixes Carbon to RuBP➡️ RuBP is split to 2 molecules of 3PG
C3 plants
___ plants have the advantage when the water is hot and dry, ___ plants have the advantage when the weather is moderate.
C4, C3