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Where does the energy of food originally come from?

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The sun

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What organisms can make their own food

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Autotrophs

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What kind of organisms obtain energy from food they eat?

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Heterotrophs

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What is one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy?

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ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)

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How is ATP and ADP different?

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ATP has three phosphate groups

ADP has two phosphate groups

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What are two ways in which cells use the energy provided by ATP?

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Active transport
Movement in the cell
(((Synthesis of proteins)))

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Where do cells get their energy to regenerate ATP?

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Carbohydrates

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Plants gather the suns energy with sun absorbing molecules called what?

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Pigments

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9
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What is the principle pigment of plants?

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Chlorophyll

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10
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Why light does chlorophyll absorb light very well

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Blue and red region

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Chloroplast contain sacklike photosynthetic membranes called what?

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Thylakoids

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12
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What is a granum

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Sack of thylakoids

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The region outside the thylakoid membranes in the chloroplast is called what?

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Stroma

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What are the two stages of photosynthesis called?

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Light dependent reaction

Light independent reaction (Calvin Cycle)

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When sunlight excites electrons in chlorophyll, how do the electrons change?

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Electrons gain a lot of energy

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What is a carrier molecule involved in photosynthesis?

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NADP+

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How does NADP+ become NADPH?

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When it accepts a pair of high energy electrons

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18
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What reaction turned ADP into ATP?

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Light dependent reaction

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Why are the reactions of the Calvin cycle also called the light independent reactions?

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It doesn’t require light

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What three factors affect the rate at which photosynthesis occurs?

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(Amount of) water (available)
Temperature
Light (intensity)

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What is the process called by which plants use the suns energy to make high energy sugars?

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Photosynthesis

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What is the stage of photosynthesis called in which plants use the energy that ATP and NADPH contain to build high energy sugars?

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The Calvin cycle

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What are the reactions of the first stage of photosynthesis called?

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Light dependent reactions

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What is the region called that obtains energy from the food it consumes?

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What are the three parts of the ATP molecule?
Adenine, Ribose, and 3 phosphate groups
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when a cell has energy available, how can it store small amounts of the energy?
By adding a phosphate group to ADP, which produces ATP
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When is the energy stored in the ATP molecule released?
When ATP breaks the bond between its 2nd and 3rd phosphate groups
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Why is ATP useful to all cell types?
ATP can easily store and release energy
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What occurs in the process in photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis uses the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide (reactants) into oxygen and high energy sugars (products)
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Why can ATP easily release and store energy?
It does it by breaking and re-forming the bonds between its phosphate groups
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How do photosynthetic organisms capture energy from sunlight?
It uses pigments
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Equation for photosynthesis, words and chemical symbols
carbon dioxide + water -- yields--> sugar +oxygen | 6CO`2 + 6H`2O --((light))--> C`6 H`12 O`6 + 6O`2
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What does photosynthesis require?
water, carbon dioxide, light, and chlorophyll
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What is a carrier molecule?
A compound that can except a pair of high energy electrons and transfer them and most of their energy to a another molecule
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What do light - dependent reactions do?
They convert ADP to ATP, produce oxygen gas, and convert NADP+ into NADPH
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Where do light- dependent take place?
Within the Thylakoid membranes of the chloroplast
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What happens in light- independent reactions?
High energy electrons move through the electron transport chain from photosystem II to photosystem I Pigments in photosystem I use energy light to reenergize electrons The difference in charges across the thylakoid membrane provides the energy to make ATP
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How does ATP synthase produce ATP?
It allows H+ ions to pass through the thylakoid membrane, which rotates ATP, binding ADP and phosphate groups.
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What does the Calvin cycle use to produce high energy sugars?
ATP and NADPH from the light dependent reactions
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What happens in the Calvin Cycle (light independent reactions)?
Carbon Dioxide enters from the atmosphere Energy from ATP and high energy electrons from NADPH are used to convert 3-carbon molecules into similar 3 carbon molecules Also uses six molecules of carbon dioxide to produce a single 6-carbon sugar molecule
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What is the product of light dependent reactions?
Oxygen (O`2)
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What is the product of light independent reactions (Calvin cycle)?
High energy sugars
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What's the thylakoid space called?
Lumen
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What is Photosystem II?
The first step in light- dependent reactions Light energy is absorbed and produces high energy electrons, which are passed to the electron transport chain. Water molecules are split to replace those electrons, thus releasing H+ ions and oxygen.
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What is photosystem I?
Comes after Photosystem II and the electron transport chain. Electrons are reenergized and then go through a second, shorter, electron transport chain. High energy electrons are picked up by NADP+, producing NADPH.
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What are the three kinds of photosynthesis/plants?
C`3, C`4, CAM.
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What is C`3 photosynthesis/plants?
most common (about 90% of plants), live in moderate environment. (CO`2 + RuBP -> 6C -> 3C)
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What is C`4 photosynthesis/plants?
Very dry environment, hot or cold. 2 cell process. CO`2 turns into PEP in mesophyll. When CO`2 is needed, PEP goes into bundle sheath and turns back into CO`2, to be used in Calvin cycle. (called C`4 because it uses 4 carbon molecules at start)
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What is CAM photosynthesis/plants?
Very hot environment. 1 cell process. Opens during night, closes at day. CO`2 comes in during night and some goes to make a lot of malot and the rest are used in Calvin cycle. During the day malot is turned back into CO`2 and is used in Calvin cycle.
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Why are C`4 and CAM plants special?
They have biochemical adaptions that minimize water loss while still allowing photosynthesis to happen

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