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Chloroplasts

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Cellular organelles where photosynthesis takes place

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Structure of chloroplast

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Double membrane, stroma, thylakoids, lamellae, chloroplast DNA, ribosomes, starch grains, grana

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Function of stroma

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A fluid-filled matrix where the light-independent stage of photosynthesis takes place. Within the stroma are a number of other structures such as search grains.

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Function of grana

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Stacks of thylakoids. Membranes of grana create large surface area increasing number of light dependant reactions to take place.

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Function of thylakoids

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Series of flattened fluid filled sacs part of a membrane system that contains pigments, enzymes and electron carriers

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Site of photosynthesis

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The leaf
- Chloroplasts

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Photosynthesis equation

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6CO2 + 6H2O –> C6H12O6 + 6O2
carbon dioxide + water –> glucose + oxygen

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Oxidation

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Loses electrons
Gains oxygen / loses hydrogen

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Reduction

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Gains electrons
Loses oxygen / gains hydrogen

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Photoionisation

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Light energy is absorbed by the plant cells. This excites the electrons in the chlorophyll, causing them to leave the molecule and be taken up by an electron carrier. As a result the chlorophyll becomes ionised, oxidised

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Chemiosmotic theory

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As protons flow down their concentration gradient through ATP synthase the energy from the movement of protons is used to phosphorylate ADP to ATP (photophosphorylation) in a process called chemiosmosis

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Photolysis of water

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The splitting of water molecule bonds in the presence of light

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Products of light dependant reactions

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Reduced NADP
ATP

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Importance of photolysis

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As light hits the chlorophyll, it loses an electron and for the molecule to continue absorbing light the electrons must be replaced. The splitting of the water provides an electron to replace lost one

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Photolysis equation

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2H2O –> 4H+ + 4e- + O2
Water –> hydrogen + electron + oxygen

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Use of oxygen in the photolysis of water

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It is a waste product of the reaction and so is either used in respiration or diffuses out of the leaf

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Fate of electron from PS II

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Loses energy to channels in transport chain and replaces electron from PS I

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What is a photosytem?

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Embedded in thylakoid membrane
Funnel- like structures
Absorbs light energy and transfers to primary reaction centre

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Accessory pigments

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Pigments that help with photosynthesis by capturing light energy from different wavelengths
- Chlorophyll b, carotenoids, xanthophyll

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Reaction centre

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Primary pigment centre conating principal light absorbing pigment

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Photosystem II (P680)

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Absorbs red light
Wavelength of 680 nm (absorption peak)

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Photosystem I (P700)

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Absorbs orange light
Wavelength of 700 nm (absorption peak)

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Abbreviation of RuBP

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Ribulose biphosphate

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How many carbons in compound RuBP

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5-carbon compound

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Abbreviation of ribusco

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Ribulose biphosphate carboxylase

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Abbrevation of GP

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Glycerate 3-phosphate

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How many carbons in GP

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3-carbons

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Abbrevation of TP

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Triose phosphate

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Site of light independant reactions

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Stroma

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Site of light dependant reactions

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Thylakoids

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Who worked out The Calvin Cycle

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Melvin Calvin

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Autotrophs

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Primary producers
An organism that can produce its own food using natural sources such as light, water and carbon dioxide

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Heterotrophs

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Consumers
An organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients as it cannot produce it’s own food

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Chemotrophs

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An organism that obtain energy by the oxidation of reduced compounds

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Pigment of reaction centre

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Chlorophyll a

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Stages of the light independant reaction

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Fixation
Reduction
Regeneration

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Definition of photosynthesis

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The process by which organisms use light energy to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water producing glucose and oxygen

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Generic formula of sugar

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CHO

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Coenzymes

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Enzymes needed to assit other enzymes in a oxidation or reduction reaction as they pick up/lose hydrogen atoms

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Coenzyme of photosynthesis

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NADP (oxidised form)
NAPDH (reduced form)

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Glycolysis

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The splitting of the 6-carbon glucose molecule into two 3-carbon pyruvate molecules

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Link reaction

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the 3-carbon pyruvate molecules enter into a series of reactions (decarboxination) which lead to the formation of Acetyl coenzyme A, a 2-carbon molecule.

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Krebs cycle

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The introduction of Acetyl coenzyme A into a cycle of oxidation-reduction reactions that yield some ATP and a large quantity of reduced NAD and FAD

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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The use of the electrons, associated with reduced NAD and FAD, released from the Krebs cycle to synthesise ATP with water produced as a by-product.

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Where does glycolysis occur?

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Cytoplasm

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Where does the link reaction occur?

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Mitochondrial matrix

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Where does the Krebs cycle take place?

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Mitochondrial matrix

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Mitochondria structure

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  • Rod-shaped organelles 0.5 - 1.0 µm in diameter
  • The site of aerobic respiration in eukaryotic cells
  • Synthesize ATP
    (Synthesis of ATP in the mitochondria occurs during the last stage of respiration called oxidative phosphorylation)
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ATP structure

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Adenosine triphosphate
- ATP is a phosphorylated nucleotide
- Cannot leave the cell where it is made
Adenine Ribose Three Phosphate

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Function of ATP

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  • It is released in small, manageable packages
  • Immediate source of energy.
  • Phosphates can be removed by hydrolysis to release 30KJ energy.
  • Energy released for metabolism.
  • ADP can attach a phosphate forming ATP during respiration.
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Why ATP acts as an energy store

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When 1 phosphate group is removed from each molecule in one mole of ATP, 30.5 kJ of energy’s released (hydrolysis reaction catalysed by enzymes ATPases)

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Coenzymes used in respiration

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NAD
CoA
FAD

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Features of glycolysis

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  • Does not require oxygen
  • Glucose is split into two molecules of Pyruvate (a 3 carbon sugar)
  • 2 parts: energy investment phase, energy pay off phase
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What is pyruvate converted to during the link reaction?

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Acetyl, which combines with CoA to form Acetyl CoA

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What is the final 4 carbon molecule called in the Krebs cycle that accepts acetyl?

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Oxaloacetate

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How many molecules of reduced NAD and FAD are produced per molecule of glucose in the Krebs cycle?

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6 NADs + 2 FAD

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How many cycles are needed per molecule of glucose

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2x

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How many molecules of ATP are produced per molecule of glucose from glycolysis?

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Four (net of two) molecules of ATP are produced per molecule of glucose from glycolysis

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Where does oxidative phosphorylation take place?

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Mitochondrial cristae

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Electron transport chain (respiration)

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  • The hydrogen atoms produced during glycolysis and the Krebs cycle combine with the coenzymes NAD and FAD.
  • The reduced NAD and FAD donate the electrons of the hydrogen atoms they are carrying to the first molecule in the electron transfer chain.
  • The electrons pass along a chain of electron transfer carrier molecules in a series of oxidation-reduction reactions. As the electrons flow along the chain, the energy they release causes the active transport of protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane and into inter-membranal space.
  • The protons accumulate in the inner-membranal space before they diffuse back into the mitochondrial matrix through ATP synthase channels embedded in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
  • At the end of the chain the electrons combine with these protons and oxygen to form water. Oxygen is therefore the final acceptor of electrons in the electron transfer chain.
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Who is the Krebs cycle named after?

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Hans Krebs

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Anaerobic respiration

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Takes place in the absence of oxygen and produces lactate (in animals) or ethanol and carbon dioxide (in plants and fungi) but only a little ATP in both cases.

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Aerobic respiration

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Requires oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, water and much ATP.

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How is acetyl CoA formed in link reaction?

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Acetyl CoA is generated by decarboxylation of pyruvate from glycolysis and the addition of coenzyme A

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How does pyruvate from glycolysis enter the mitochondria?

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Via active transport

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What is the electron transfer chain?

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Series of carrier proteins embedded in the membrane
- Produces ATP through oxidative phosphorylation and chemiosmosis during aerobic respiration

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Role of oxygen in aerobic respiration

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Final electron acceptor in the electron transfer chain
(produces water as a by product)

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Benefit of an electron transfer chain rather than a single reaction

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  • Releases energy gradually
  • Less energy released as heat
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What are the products of the LDR?

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ATP and NADH
- oxygen as a waste product

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What is the Calvin Cycle?

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Takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast and uses the products of the LDR to form glucose independently from light.

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