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1
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photosynthesis powers the cellular processes in the plant and downstream, the main – of organisms and ecological processes

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energy source

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2
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ligher reactions are also called the – reactions

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thylakoid

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3
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carbon (fixation) reactions are also called the – reactions

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dark

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4
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the bulk of photosynthesis takes place in the leaf – which has cells with many chloroplasts

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mesophyll

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5
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chloroplasts have high concentration of light-absorbing – pigments called chlorophylls

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green

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6
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light reactions occur in the –

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internal membranes (thylakoid)

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7
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carbon reactions occur in the – of the chloroplast, the aqueous region surrounding the thylakoids

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stroma

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8
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light reactions lead to the splitting of –

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water

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9
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light reactions produce – and – (reducing equivalents and energy) to be provided to the carbon reactions

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ATP and NADPH

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10
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light is an – wave and many kinds of light exist = many wavelengths (or frequencies)

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electromagnetic

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11
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light is also a particle so it contains –

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energy (i.e. impact)

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12
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sunlight is a stream of – of different frequencies

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photons

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13
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plants can only use a narrow range of wavelengths for photosynthesis, the same range as the human eye,

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visible spectrum, 400-700 nm

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14
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an – of a substance quantifies its ability to take up light across the spectrum

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absorption spectrum

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15
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absorption spectrum plots a substance’s absorption of light against – of light

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wavelength

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16
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absorption of light energy by pigment molecules takes place when the photon causes an electron to move to a higher energy state; the molecule becomes –

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excited

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17
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as a chlorophyll molecule returns to its less excited state, it releases the energy by emitting –, energy transfer, or photochemistry

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heat, fluorescence,

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18
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fluorescence involves – a photon of lower energy (longer wavelength)

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re-emitting

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19
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energy transfer causes the – of another pigment

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excitation

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20
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photochemistry causes – to occur

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chemical reactions

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21
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photosynthetic pigments include chlorophylls (and – in certain bacteria), and carotenoids and other accessory pigments

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bacteriochlorophylls

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22
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photosynthetic pigments are rich in – which stabilize the excited state

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conjugated double bonds

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23
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chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b are made up of a complex ring structure called – (similar to in hemoglobin)

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haem group

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24
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a harm group contains a – atom bonded to nitrogen

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Mg

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25
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a harm group contains a long – that holds the pigment anchored to a protein or membrane

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hydrocarbon tail

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26
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carotenoids are linear molecules which give a – color

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orange

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27
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carotenoids are intimately associated with the – and with photosynthetic proteins

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thylakoid membrane

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28
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light absorbed by the carotenoids is transferred to chlorophyll for photosynthesis and thus carotenoids are –

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accessory pigments

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29
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carotenoids also help protect from –

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excess light damage

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30
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plots of the response of a system (i.e. products generated in a reaction) against light wavelength (used to study light-driven reactions)

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action spectra

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31
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an action spectrum will show what – of light can cause the reaction to proceed

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wavelengths

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32
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light absorption in the chloroplasts is primarily done by chlorophyll in the –

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antenna complex (light-harvesting antenna)

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33
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antenna complex transfers the absorbed energy to chlorophyll in the –

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reaction centers

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34
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because bright light is – even without an antenna, many reaction centers would be activated only intermittently

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dilute

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35
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having – of the chlorophyll in the antenna allows the reaction centers to run continuously

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> 95%

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36
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red drop effect showed that only – light was inefficient in driving photosynthesis despite high absorption of this wavelength

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far-red

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37
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enhancement effect showed a major enhancement of photosynthesis when – together were supplied, relative to when either were supplied alone

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red and far-red

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38
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photosystem – preferentially absorbs far-red light

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I

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39
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photosystem – preferentially absorbs red light and is driven very poorly by far-red light

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II

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40
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Z scheme is constituted of two photosystems each with its own antenna pigments and photochemical reaction center linked by an –

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electron transport chain

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41
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stacked thylakoids

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grana lamellae

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42
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unstacked thylakoids

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stroma lamellae

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43
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T/F: chloroplast is bounded by two lipid bilayer membranes, the inner and outer envelope

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true

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44
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chloroplast contains its own –

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DNA, RNA, and ribosomes

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45
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some chloroplast proteins are produced within the chloroplast itself whereas others are encoded by nuclear DNA and produced in the – and imported into the chloroplast

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cytoplasm

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46
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T/F: some chloroplastic enzymes are composed of protein sub unites encoded from both nuclear and chloroplast DNA

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true

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47
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proteins embedded in the thylakoid membranes, via hydrophobic amino acids, with regions extending into surrounding aqueous medium are called

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integral membrane proteins

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48
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reaction centers, the antenna pigment/protein complexes and most of the – proteins are integral membrane proteins

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electron carrier

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49
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photosynthetic pigments are associated in a – but highly specific way with proteins forming pigment-protein complexes

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noncovalent

50
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pigment-protein complexes are organized within the – to optimize energy transfer in antenna complexes and electron transfer in and between reaction centers

51
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photosystem I and Ii are – in the thylakoid membrane

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spatially separated

52
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PSII located in

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grana lamellae

53
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PSI located in

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stroma lamellae

54
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ATP synthase enzyme is located in

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stroma lamellae

55
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– that connects the two photosystems is evenly distributed between the two photosystems

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cytochrome -b6f complex

56
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diffusible electron carriers – and – deliver the electrons between photosystems

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plastocyanin and plastoquinone

57
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plants usually have an excess of PSII to PSI usually a ratio of about –

58
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the antenna system delivers energy efficiently to the –

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reaction centers

59
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there are – chlorophylls per reaction centers in higher plants

60
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diverse antenna pigments are involved, all associated with the –

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thylakoid membrane

61
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energy is transferred from the antenna to the reaction center by – resonance energy transfer

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fluorescence resonance

62
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the energy transfer to the reaction center occurs by a – process such as the transfer of energy between tuning forks

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nonradiative

63
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the sequence of pigments within the antenna shifts progressively toward –

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longer red wavelengths (lower energy)

64
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some – is dissipated during energy transfer

65
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since heat is lost, energy at the outside of the antenna is – than near the reaction center; this keeps the energy transfer moving one way

66
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most abundant antenna proteins

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light-harvesting complex II proteins

67
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light-harvesting complex II proteins bind – chlorophyll molecules

68
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photons excite the chlorophyll of the reaction centers, – an electron

69
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after excitation, the ejected electron then passes through a series of electron carriers, eventually reducing – and generates ATP

A

reducing NADP+

70
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photosystem II oxidizes water to oxygen in the –

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thylakoid lumen

71
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when PSII oxidizes water it releases – into the lumen

72
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when PSII oxidizes water it passes electron to the plastoquinone, forming –

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plastohydroquinone

73
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– oxidizes plastohydroquinone

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cytochrome b6f

74
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cytochrome b6f delivers electrons to –

A

plastocyanin

75
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PSI oxidizes –

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plastocyanin

76
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PSI passes electrons to – which reduces NADP+ generating NADPH

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ferredoxin

77
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ATP synthase produces ATP as protons diffuse through it from – to –

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lumen to stroma

78
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light excites a reaction center chlorophyll by direct absorption or more frequently via – from an antenna pigment

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energy transfer

79
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the absorbed photon causes an electron – in the reaction center

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rearrangement

80
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P680

81
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P700

82
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PS II has its electron supplied by a

83
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donor Yz has its electron supplied by the –, an enzyme that splits (oxidizes) water

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oxygen-evolving complex

84
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Mn is an essential –

85
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from the cytochrome b6f complex, one electron moves linearly toward –

A

plastocyanin (PC)

86
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from the cytochrome b6f complex, one electron goes through a –, which effectively pumps more protons into the thylakoid lumen

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cyclic process

87
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plastoquinone distributed on the

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grana thylakoids

88
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plastocyanin distributed on the

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stroma thylakoids

89
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cytochrome b6f complex is – distributed between the grana and stroma thylakoids

90
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Q, PC, and cytochrome b6f are large complexes that are embedded in the –

91
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Q and PC are –, relatively small molecules

92
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Q is – soluble moving in the membrane

93
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PC is – soluble moving in the thylakoid lumen

94
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PS I has its electrons resupplied by –

95
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a core – is an integral part of the reaction center

A

core chlorophyll

96
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under certain conditions, cyclic electron flow occurs, in which – passes electrons back to the cytochrome b6f complex, which results in more protons pumped into the lumen

97
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some herbicides – electron transport

98
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– blocks reduction of the plastoquinone acceptor

99
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– competes with ferredoxin acceptors of PS I

100
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ATP synthesis during the light reactions is known as –

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photophosphorylation

101
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photophosphorylation occur via – mechanism

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chemiosmotic

102
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the accumulation of H+ in the lumen (i.e. acidification of the lumen) creates a chemical and electric gradient known as the – force

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proton-motive

103
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main light harvesting pigments for photosynthesis

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chlorophylls

104
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integral membrane proteins are – arranged in the membranes (they have a unique orientation)

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asymmetrically

105
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every year about – tons of CO2 are converted to biomass via photosynthesis

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200 billion

106
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starch

107
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sucrose

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transport of energy

108
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sucrose is a disaccharide composed of

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fructose and glucose

109
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generation of UDP glucose requires

110
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starch is a – of glucose

111
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generation of ADP-glucose requires

112
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during the day, the – will drive the synthesis and storage of starch

A

accumulation of sucrose

113
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at night, starch is broken down into sugars in the chloroplasts and sugars are exported out of the chloroplast for –

A

sucrose production

114
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these of ATP as an activator of starch synthesis and UTP as an activator of sucrose synthesis keeps these reactions

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compartmentalized

115
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starch and sucrose synthesis can be activated and deactivated –

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separately

116
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during the – both sucrose and starch synthesis can occur

117
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which synthesis occurs most depends on the – from the cell due to phloem transport

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sucrose depleted

118
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buildup of – in the cell will drive starch production

119
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during night, – synthesis is inhibited

120
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during –, starch breakdown occurs and sucrose production continues

121
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many cells grow at –

122
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growing cells utilize sugars derived from sucrose in the –

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