Class 5 Flashcards
photosynthesis powers the cellular processes in the plant and downstream, the main – of organisms and ecological processes
energy source
ligher reactions are also called the – reactions
thylakoid
carbon (fixation) reactions are also called the – reactions
dark
the bulk of photosynthesis takes place in the leaf – which has cells with many chloroplasts
mesophyll
chloroplasts have high concentration of light-absorbing – pigments called chlorophylls
green
light reactions occur in the –
internal membranes (thylakoid)
carbon reactions occur in the – of the chloroplast, the aqueous region surrounding the thylakoids
stroma
light reactions lead to the splitting of –
water
light reactions produce – and – (reducing equivalents and energy) to be provided to the carbon reactions
ATP and NADPH
light is an – wave and many kinds of light exist = many wavelengths (or frequencies)
electromagnetic
light is also a particle so it contains –
energy (i.e. impact)
sunlight is a stream of – of different frequencies
photons
plants can only use a narrow range of wavelengths for photosynthesis, the same range as the human eye,
visible spectrum, 400-700 nm
an – of a substance quantifies its ability to take up light across the spectrum
absorption spectrum
absorption spectrum plots a substance’s absorption of light against – of light
wavelength
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 –
excited
as a chlorophyll molecule returns to its less excited state, it releases the energy by emitting –, energy transfer, or photochemistry
heat, fluorescence,
fluorescence involves – a photon of lower energy (longer wavelength)
re-emitting
energy transfer causes the – of another pigment
excitation
photochemistry causes – to occur
chemical reactions
photosynthetic pigments include chlorophylls (and – in certain bacteria), and carotenoids and other accessory pigments
bacteriochlorophylls
photosynthetic pigments are rich in – which stabilize the excited state
conjugated double bonds
chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b are made up of a complex ring structure called – (similar to in hemoglobin)
haem group
a harm group contains a – atom bonded to nitrogen
Mg
a harm group contains a long – that holds the pigment anchored to a protein or membrane
hydrocarbon tail
carotenoids are linear molecules which give a – color
orange
carotenoids are intimately associated with the – and with photosynthetic proteins
thylakoid membrane
light absorbed by the carotenoids is transferred to chlorophyll for photosynthesis and thus carotenoids are –
accessory pigments
carotenoids also help protect from –
excess light damage
plots of the response of a system (i.e. products generated in a reaction) against light wavelength (used to study light-driven reactions)
action spectra
an action spectrum will show what – of light can cause the reaction to proceed
wavelengths
light absorption in the chloroplasts is primarily done by chlorophyll in the –
antenna complex (light-harvesting antenna)
antenna complex transfers the absorbed energy to chlorophyll in the –
reaction centers
because bright light is – even without an antenna, many reaction centers would be activated only intermittently
dilute
having – of the chlorophyll in the antenna allows the reaction centers to run continuously
> 95%
red drop effect showed that only – light was inefficient in driving photosynthesis despite high absorption of this wavelength
far-red
enhancement effect showed a major enhancement of photosynthesis when – together were supplied, relative to when either were supplied alone
red and far-red
photosystem – preferentially absorbs far-red light
I
photosystem – preferentially absorbs red light and is driven very poorly by far-red light
II
Z scheme is constituted of two photosystems each with its own antenna pigments and photochemical reaction center linked by an –
electron transport chain
stacked thylakoids
grana lamellae
unstacked thylakoids
stroma lamellae
T/F: chloroplast is bounded by two lipid bilayer membranes, the inner and outer envelope
true
chloroplast contains its own –
DNA, RNA, and ribosomes
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
cytoplasm
T/F: some chloroplastic enzymes are composed of protein sub unites encoded from both nuclear and chloroplast DNA
true
proteins embedded in the thylakoid membranes, via hydrophobic amino acids, with regions extending into surrounding aqueous medium are called
integral membrane proteins
reaction centers, the antenna pigment/protein complexes and most of the – proteins are integral membrane proteins
electron carrier