Chapter Seven: Photosynthesis Flashcards
Photosynthesis is the conversion of light energy to what kind of energy?
Chemical Energy
Organisms which can not manufacture their own food from simple Carbon compounds
Heterotrophs
Organisms which can manufacture their own food from simple Carbon compounds
Autotrophs
What are the three reactants in Photosynthesis?
- Carbon Dioxide
- Water
- Light (energy)
What are the two products of Photosynthesis?
- Food (carbohydrates)
- Oxygen
What is the Photosynthesis equation?
H2O + CO2 -> C6H12O6 + o2
Light comes in particles called…
Photons
Light travels in…
waves
Wavelength is the distance from one _______ ________ to the next
wave peak
All forms of Radiant Energy, including the visible spectrum
Electromagnetic Radiation
What kind of relationship is there between wavelength and energy?
Inverse relationship - the longer the wavelength, the less the energy
What is the range of wavelengths for the visible spectrum?
400-700 nm
Molecules capable of absorbing some wavelengths (colors) of light but not others
Pigments
What is the composition of white light?
All wavelengths (colors) of light
Only the wavelengths not ____________ by a pigment are reflected or transmitted to be seen
absorbed
A graph for a pigment, plotting the amount of light absorbed vs wavelength
Absorption Spectrum
A graph for a plant, plotting the photosynthetic activity (action) vs wavelength
Action Spectrum
Hydrophobic, Hydrocarbon _______ of Chlorophyll inserts Chlorophyll into the Thylakoid membrane
tail
The ______ of Chlorophyll has alternating double and single bonds that are useful for picking up and giving off extra electrons
head
These two things are groups of many copies of Chlorophyll-a and b, Carotene and Xanthophyll as accessory pigments
Photosystems 1 and 2
What has pigments arranged to pass light energy absorbed from pigments that absorb shorter wavelengths to those that absorb longer wavelengths?
Photosystems
A pair of Chlorophyll-a molecules occur in each Photosystem and ultimately ____________ the energy from other pigments
receive
What Photosystem is P700?
Photosystem 1
What Photosystem is P680?
Photosystem 2
P680 and P700 have special associations with the Photosystem’s…
proteins
Photosystems pass the high energy from electrons into the Photosystem, absorbing light, to a ____________ ____________ ____________ then molecules outside the Photosystem
Primary Electron Acceptor
Water enters plants through the ___________, traveling up the stem and to the leaves, through the Xylem making up Vascular Bundles
Roots
Water enters through the roots, traveling up the stem and to the leaves, through the __________ making up ___________ ____________
Xylem
Vascular Bundles
Carbon Dioxide enters the plant from the atmosphere (0.3%) through microscopic pores called ____________ in the underside of leaves
Stomata
How does Water and Carbon Dioxide enter leaf cells?
Diffusion
What is the equation for noncyclic photophosphorylation?
Water + Light -> NADPH + Oxygen + ATP
Noncyclic Photophosphorylation is what kind of reaction?
Light-Dependent Reactions
Step 1 of Noncyclic Photophosphorylation is….
Light goes to Photosystem 1, transferring the energy from the light photon into an electron in one of the pigment molecules
After the energy from the photon is transferred to an electron, it is passed to the…
Primary Electron Acceptor
After the electrons are passed to the Primary Electron Acceptor, it is then passed to…
Ferredoxin
After electrons are passed to Ferredoxin it is then passed to…
NADP Reductase
NADP Reductase reduces _____________ to _____________
NADP+
NADPH
What is a problem with Photosystem 1 in light-dependent reactions?
Photosystem 1 will run out of electrons and eventually shut down
What is Step 2 in Noncyclic Phosphorylation?
Light hits Photosystem 2, transferring the energy in the photon to an electron in a pigment
Energy in electrons, not electron itself, is passed to…
P680 (Photosystem 2 - reaction center)
After energy in electrons is passed to Photosystem 2, it passes electrons to the….
Electron Transport Chain
After electrons go to the Electron Transport Chain, they go to…
Photosystem 1
The Primary Electron Acceptor and the Redox Chain is all a part of the…
Electron Transport Chain
What is Chemiosmotic Theory?
Electrons passing through the Electron Transport Chain are used to pump H+ ions from the Stroma into the Thylakoid’s lumen
In Chemiosmotic Theory, Hydrogen ions diffuse down concentration gradient and pass through…..
ATP Synthase
In ATP Synthase, the H+ ions diffuse back into the _________ through ATP Synthase making ATP
Stroma
ATP Synthase rotates as H+ ions pass, coupling H+ flow with…
ADP Phosphorylation
What kind of protein is ATP Synthase?
Multimeric Protein