Chapter 8 Photosynthesis Flashcards

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Chloroplast ?

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An organelle in eukaryotes plants cells that has the fiction of photosynthesis

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Energy for all life on earth ultimately comes from

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Photosynthesis

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Internal membrane ?

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Thylakoid membrane

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What are the stages that happen during photosynthesis?

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Light-dependent reactions and carbon fixation reactions

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Molecules that absorb light energy in the visible range….

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Pigments

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Particle of light

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Photon

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The main pigment in plants and the only pigment that can act directly to convert light energy to chemical energy

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Chlorophyll a

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Accessory pigment that absorbs wavelengths

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Chlorophyll b

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What are the two general types of pigments that are used in green plant photosynthesis?

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Chlorophyll and carotenoids

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The first steps in light dependent reactions are

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Primary photo event , charge separation , electron transport and Chemiosmosis

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Primary photoevent

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Photon light is captured by a pigment molecule

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Charge separation

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Energy is transferred to The reaction center and excited electron is transferred to an acceptor molecule

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Electron transport

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Electrons move through carriers to reduce NADP plus

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Chemiosmosis

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Produces ATP

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Carbon fixation – Calvin cycle

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To build carbohydrate sells used and energy

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What are the three phases during the Calvin cycle?

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1.carbon fixation 2. Reduction 3. Regeneration of RuBP