Chapter 8, Photosynthesis Flashcards

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1
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Photosynthesis is the conversion of ______ energy to _______ energy

A

light, chemical

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2
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Heterotrophs

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organisms which cannot make own food from simple carbon compounds

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3
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Autotrophs

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organisms which can make own food from simple carbon compounds

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4
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Parts/Structures of Photosynthesis

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  • Plants parts
  • basic reactants and products
  • light
  • pigments
  • photosystems
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5
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Reactants of photosynthesis

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carbon dioxide, water, light (energy)

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6
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Products of photosynthesis

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Food (carbohydrates), oxygen

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7
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Formula for photosynthesis

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H2O+CO2–> C6H12O6 + O2

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8
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Water diffuses into plant through _____, travels up stem to the leaves, through the ______ in the vascular bundles

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roots, Xylem

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9
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CO2 enters plants through microscopic pores called

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stomata

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10
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Stomata located

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on underside of leaves

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11
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Carbon dioxide and water enters plants through

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diffusion

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12
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Light comes in particles termed _______

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photons

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13
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Light also travels in ______

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waves

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14
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Wavelength is

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the distance from one wave peak to the next

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15
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Electromagnetic Radiation is

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all forms of radiant energy, including visible light

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16
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Relationship between wavelength and energy is

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inverse

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17
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the _______ wavelengths have _____ energy

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longer, less shorter, more

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18
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Visible light spectrum ranges from

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400-700 nm

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19
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White light composed of…

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all the visible light, all colors

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20
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Pigments are

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molecules that can absorb some wavelength but nor others

21
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How to pigments how color

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Wavelength that are not absorbed are reflected (transmitted) so they can be seen

22
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An action spectrum is

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a graph for entire plant, plotting photosynthetic activity (action) vs wavelength

23
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One can determine which of many pigments in a plant are the major ones for photosynthesis by

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comparing absorption spectrum of each pigment with action spectrum

24
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Plant does __________ with the light absorbed

A

photosynthesis

25
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Chlorophyll is hydro________

A

hydrophobic

26
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___________ tail insert chlorophyll into the __________ membrane

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hydrocarbon, thylakoid

27
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The head of chlorophyll has alternating ______ and _____ bonds

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double, single

28
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These double and single bonds useful for

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picking up and giving off extra electrons

29
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Chlorophyll a and b only differ in

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one functional group

30
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There is a _____ group in chlorophyll a, and a _______ group in chlorophyll b

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Carboxyl (COH) in a, and a Methyl (CH3) in b

31
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Photosystems are

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clusters of pigments

32
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Photosystems contain the pigments

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chlorophyll a and b, and some xanthophyll and carotene

33
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Photosystems can have ____-____ pigments

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250-400

34
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Photosystems arranged so that light energy is passed from pigments that absorb ____ wavelength to those that absorb ______ wavelengths

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shorter to longer

35
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There is a special pair of Chlorophyll ___ molecules the ultimately…

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chlorophyll A, receive the energy/electrons from all other pigments, pass the actual electrons not just energy

36
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Photosystem I, chlorophyll a is _____

A

P700

37
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Photosystem II, chlorophyll a is ____

A

P680

38
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The numbers P700/P680 refers to

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optimal absorption

39
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Chlorophyll a in Photosystems 1 and 2 pass high energy electrons to…

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molecules outside the photosystem

40
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2 types of photosynthetic reactions

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  • energy-transduction reaction
  • carbon-fixation reactions
41
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Energy transduction reactions are also called…..and they are involved with…

A

light reactions/light dependent reactions

energy transfer

42
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carbon fixed reaction are also called…involved with…

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dark reactions/light independent reactions

CO2 fixed, enzymatically combined with, covalently bonded to RuBP

43
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Photolysis is when

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water molecules get split, produces 2 electrons, 2H+, and 1/2 H2O

44
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Step 1 on light dependent reaction

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noncyclic Photophosphorylation

energy/electron transfer –> NADPH

45
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Step 2 in light dependent reaction

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Photolysis

splitting water

46
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Step 3 in light dependent reaction

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chemiosmosis

making ATP

47
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Step 4 in light dependent reaction

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Cyclic Photophosphorylation

energy/electron transfer

48
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**study steps in photosystem 1

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