III C Flashcards

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1
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Biological process that captures light energy and transforms it into chemical bond energy of organic molecules

A

Photosynthesis

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2
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Continuous series of radiation of which visible light is only a very small part

A

The electromagnetic spectrum

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3
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Light is composed of small particles called

A

Photons

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4
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The energy of a photon is ______ proportional to its wavelength

A

Inversely proportional

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5
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When a photon of light is absorbed, an electron _____

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Is raised to a higher energy state

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6
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When an electron is raised to a higher energy state, either _____ or ______ happens

A

The electron returns to its ground state with the release of energy as heat or as light of a longer wavelength (fluorescence)
Or
Electron leaves the action (necessary for photosynthesis to proceed)

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7
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Substances that absorb light are called ______, different _______ absorbed light of different wavelengths

A

Pigments

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8
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Chloroplasts contain the green pigment called ______

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Chlorophyll

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9
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Photosynthesis takes place in the ______ in eukaryotes

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Chloroplasts

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10
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Chloroplasts have a _____ surrounding them in addition to an elaborate internal _____ system that is continuous with the inner membrane

A

Double membrane

Thylakoid membrane

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11
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Within chloroplasts, chlorophyll is located in the membranes of flatted disks called _____, which are stacked to form _____. Thylakoid membranes enclosed by the

A

Thylakoids

Grana

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12
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Thylakoid membranes enclose the Thylakoid interior space or _____

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Lumen

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13
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The fluid filled matrix surrounding the grand is called the _____

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Stroma

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14
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Photosynthetic tissue is located in the middle portion of a leaf, between the surfaces of the lead blade, and is called the _____. Palisade and spongy _____ cells contain 20-100 chloroplasts

A

Mesophyll

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15
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Thylakoid membranes contain several kinds of pigments, including _____, the main pigment of photosynthesis

A

Chlorophyll

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16
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A chlorophyll has 2 main parts

A

One captures energy

Long hydrocarbon chain that anchors the molecule in the Thylakoid membrane

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17
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There are several kinds of chlorophyll, the most important one is ______, since only it can initiate the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis

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Chlorophyll A

18
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Chlorophyll B, xanthophylls and carotenoids are ______ which reflect yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange

A

Accessory pigments

19
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The _____ of a pigment is a plot of its absorption of light at various wavelengths

A

Absorption spectrum

20
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The _____ of photosynthesis is a graph of the rate of photosynthesis at various wavelengths

A

Action spectrum

21
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The action spectrum closely _____ the absorbs ion spectrum of chlorophyll

A

Parallels

22
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Light-dependent reactions occur in units called _____, which are embedded in the ______

A

Photosystems

Thylakoid membranes

23
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Photosystems contain _____, _____, and _____

A

Chlorophyll molecules
Accessory pigments
Associated electron acceptors

24
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200-300 pigment molecules are arrange in group, which associated proteins and enzymes, which absorb light energy

A

Antenna complexes

25
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The absorbed energy is passes directly between groups of pigment molecules until it reaches the _____, which is made up of a few special chlorophyll A molecules

A

Reaction center

26
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In photosystems _____, chlorophyll absorbed light most strongly at 700 nm

A

I

27
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In photosystems _____, chlorophyll A absorbed light most strongly at 680 nm

A

II

28
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The absorption peak shift is due to the interaction of different ____ with the chlorophyll A molecule

A

Proteins

29
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______ describes the 1-way, linear flow of electrons from H2O to NADP+, which occurs during the light-dependent reactions, which involves both PSI and PSII

A

Non-cyclic electron transport

30
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Ultimate electron source is ______

A

H2O

31
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Ultimate electron acceptor

A

NADP+

32
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______ is the production of ATP in photosynthesis, using energy originally derived from a photon of light with chemiosmosis prod=voiding the immediate energy

A

Photo phosphorylation

33
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For every 2 electrons entering the noncyclic pathway, _____ ATP molecules are formed and _____ NADP+ is reduced to NADPH

A

2

1

34
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In the 2nd light independent phase of photosynthesis, termed carbon fixation, energy obtained from ATP and NADPH is used to _____ from CO2 in the ______

A

Synthesize organic chemicals

Stroma of the chloroplasts

35
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The ______ is the sequence of reactions in carbon fixation

A

Calvin Cycle

36
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Highly reactive phosphorylated 5C compound _______, reacts with a molecule of CO2

A

Ribulose biphosphate (RuBP)

37
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An unstable 6C compound breaks down to 2 ______

A

Phosphoglycerate (3C) PGA molecules during the CO2 uptake phase

38
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Photosynthesis takes place in the _____ in prokaryotes

A

Plasma membrane

39
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Carbohydrate synthesis occurs in the _____

A

Stroma

40
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______ absorb light of different wavelengths and pass the absorbed energy to chlorophyll A

A

Accessory pigments

41
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Both spectra peak at the same wavelengths but do not match exactly because of _____, because there pigments contribute energy for photosynthesis, O2 production increases

A

Accessory pigments