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Exam 3_Openstax Chapter 5 Flashcards

1
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Mesophyll

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the middle layer of a leaf where photosynthesis takes place.

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Stomata

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where gas exchange of CO2 and oxygen takes place

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3
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Photosynthesis in all autotrophic eukaryotes take place in the …?

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Chloroplast

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Thylakoids

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5
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Granum

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Stroma

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Are stomata located on the upper epidermis or lower epidermis?

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Lower

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8
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Photosynthesis takes place in two stages:

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the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle.

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What happens in light-dependent reactions.

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takes place in thylakoid membrane, chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight and then converts it into chemical energy with the use of water.

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What is the by product of the light dependent reaction?

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oxygen, from the hydrolysis of water as a byproduct

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11
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Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

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The stroma

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What happens in the Calvin cycle?

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the chemical energy derived from the light-dependent reactions drives both the capture of carbon in carbon dioxide molecules and the subsequent assembly of sugar molecules.

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13
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What do the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle use to transport the energy from one to the other?

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carrier molecules

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14
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Wavelength

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distance between two similar points in a wave, like crest to crest

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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the range of all possible wavelength of radiation.

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16
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What kind of light do pigment molecules absorb in photosynthesis?

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Visible light

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17
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Do pigments absorb or reflect the color of light they cannot absorb?

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they reflect

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18
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Chlorophylla à

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green color, most common pigment in photosynthetic organisms

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19
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What colors do chlorophyll a absorb?

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blue and red

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What kind of light does Chlorophyll b absorb?

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blue and red-orange light

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21
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Absorption Spectrum

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the color of light that a type of pigment absorbs

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22
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The light dependent reaction creates energy that is used to make what in the Calvin cycle?

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Sugar molecules

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23
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What are the photosystems composed of?

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pigment molecules and proteins

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24
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Where do photosystems exist?

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membranes of thylakoids

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25
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How many photons is absorbed by a pigment molecule in the photosystem?

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1

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26
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What is considered a packet of light energy in a photsystem?

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a photon

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27
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Where does photon travel to?

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a molecule of chlorophyll

28
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After a photon excites an electron in chlorophyll, what happens?

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Chlorophyll donates an electron

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what is the purpose of light-dependent reactions?

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to convert solar energy into chemical carriers used in the Calvin cycle

30
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how many photosystems exist in eukarya and prokarya?

31
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when photon hits, photosystem 2 transfers the free electron to the…

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electron transport chain

32
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Where do hydrogen ions move from?

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From the Stroma into the thylakoid space.

33
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Where does the electron finally get accepted to after fueling the membrane hydrogen pumps.

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a pigment molecule in the next photosystem, which is photosystem 1

34
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From photosystem II, the electron travels along…?

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a series of proteins

35
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In light dependent reactions, energy absorbed by sunlight is stored by two types of energy-carrier molecules, what are they?

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ATP and NADPH

36
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Energy is store in a bond for ATP, what molecule is ATP bonded to?

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phosphate group

37
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Energy is store in a bond for NADPH, what molecule is NADPH bonded to?

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hydrogen atom

38
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What part of photosynthesis do ATP and NADPH release their bonds?

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The Calvin Cycle

39
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What do ATP and NADPH tranform into after releasing their energy in the Calvin cycle.

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ADP and NADP^+

40
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What is the chemiosmosis?

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the flow of hydrogen ions through ATP synthase

41
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What is photophorylation

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the process of attaching a third phosphate to ADP

42
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After the hydrogen ions pass throught the thylakoid membrane, where do they pass through next?

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the embedded protein complex called ATP synthase

43
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When the electron arrives at photosystem 1, it re-energnized by another ___?

44
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After the electron has been re-energized by a proton in photosystem 1, what happens?

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Formation of NADPH

45
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What for is ATP and NADPH made in photosynthesis used for?

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the formation of carbohydrate molecules

46
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Define the Calvin cycle:

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the reaction of photosynthesis used to form glucose and other carbs

47
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CO2 enters the leaf through what part of the leaf?

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the stomata

48
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After the CO2 passes through the stomata where do they go next?

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Into the mesophyll cells and then the stroma of the chloroplasts

49
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What is the site of the Calvin cycle where sugar are synthesized?

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the chloroplasts

50
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What are the three basic stages of the Calvin cycle?

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fixation, reduction, and regeneration

51
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What other chemicals in the stroma beside CO2 are present in the Calvin cycle?

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RuBisCO and RuBP

52
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What does RuBP stand for?

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the molecule ribulose bisphosphate

53
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What atoms is RuBP composed of?

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five atoms of carbon and a phosphate group on each end

54
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RuBisCO catalyzes a reaction what?

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Between CO2 and RuBP

55
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CO2 and RuBP form what?

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a six carbon compound that is then turned to three carbon compounds

56
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What process is called carbon fixation?

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when the six carbon is immediated turned into three carbon compounds

57
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Why is it called carbon fixation?

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because CO2 is fixed from being inorganic to organic molecules

58
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What is the 3 carbon compound int eh Calvin cycle called?

59
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what happens to 3-PGA?

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it’s converted to another carbon compound called G3P

60
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What molecules are use to converter 3-PGA into it’s next carbon compound?

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ATP and NADPH

61
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What type of reaction is called the reduction reaction?

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the conversion of 3-PGA to G3P

62
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Why is it called the reduction reaction in the calvin cycle?

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because ADP and NAD+ form and therefore need to be re-energized

63
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How many turns of the Calvin cycle to fix six carbon atoms from CO2?

64
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The six turns in the Calvin cycle require how many molecules of ATP and NADPH?

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12 ATP and 12 NADPH in reduction, and 6 ATP in the regeneration step.

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