Chapters 9,10,11 Flashcards
Photosynthesis
A process that is designed to manufacture sugar molecules from the molecules water and CO2
A byproduct of photosynthesis
Oxygen
Organisms capable of using photosynthesis
Autotrophs or more specifically photoautotrophs
Examples of photoautotrophs
Algae, bacteria, plants
Where does photosynthesis take place
Chloroplasts
Interior regions of green leaves
Mesophyll
Tiny spaces in the surface of leaves through which gas leaves
Stomata
The inner space of chloroplasts contains a thick fluid called:
Stroma
Membranous structures suspended in stroma:
Thylakoids
Location of the light-dependent reaction
Thylakoids
Location of carbon-fixation (second stage)
Stroma
Purpose of the first stage
Make NADPH and ATP
Light energy is another form of what energy?
Electromagentic
Light is absorbed by what pigment molecules?
Chlorophyll molecules
Light travels in space as
Waves
The distance between two rhythmic waves
Wavelength
The light that is not absorbed is
Reflected (as green light most times)
Cluster of light-harvesting complexes
Photosystem
What molecules have to be present to begin Photosystem II
Chlorophyll
How does photosystem II replace lost electrons
Splitting of water
The function of photosystem I
To use energy harnessed from light to drive electrons onto an electron acceptor
NADP+ is formed into
NADPH
Energy is transferred to the Calvin Cycle via
ATP and NADPH
Where is the Calvin Cycle located
In the stroma
