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1
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Balanced equation for photosynthesis

A

6CO2+ 6H2O + light -> C6H 12O6 + 6O2

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Role of photosynthesis

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Make food for plants
It produces oxygen
Removed carbon dioxide from air

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3
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Photosynthesis required

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Carbon dioxide
Water
Light energy
Chlorophyll

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4
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Photosynthesis produces

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Glucose

Waste oxygen

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5
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Photosynthesis converts..

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Light energy to chemical energy

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6
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What are the stages in photosynthesis

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Light is absorbed
Light is split
Products are produced 
Light energises electrons 
Glucose is formed
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7
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Light that reaches the plant is trapped by

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Chlorophyll

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8
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Chlorophyll is formed in

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The chloroplast of plant cells

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9
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Photosynthesis occurs in the

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Chloroplast

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10
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Water is split through a process called

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Hydroloysis

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11
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What is light energy used for

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To split water into oxygen has, protons and electrons

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12
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Electrons are passed to

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The chlorophyll

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13
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Protons are stored in

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The proton pool

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14
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ADP

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Enderosine diphosphate

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15
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ATP

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Endocrine triphasphate

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16
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When do electrons become energized and trapped with light energy

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When they are passed to the chlorophyll

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17
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What form glucose

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Protons combined with carbon dioxide

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18
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What does artificial light do in a greenhouse

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Stimulates growth

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19
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When does photosynthesis level off

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When the nomore light can be absorbed it becomes saturated and levels off

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20
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Artificial sources of carbon d

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Burning gas in a green house

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21
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Two stages if photosynthesis

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Light and dark stage

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22
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ATP is a

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Energy rich molecules

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22
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What does NADPH carry in photosynthesis

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Electrons and hydrogen

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23
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What does NADH carry electrons and hydrogen in

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Respiration

24
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Adenosine diphosphate is a

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Low every molecule

25
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When is adenosine triphosphate formed

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If energy is added to the adp in the form of another unstable phosphate

26
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What is the molecule that supplies energy for most cell reactions

A

ATP

27
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What breaks down millions of atp molecules every second

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Active cells

28
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What forms NADPH

A

NADP+ with two high energy electrons and a single proton

29
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What is photosynthesis

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Process which light from sun is combined with carbon dioxide gas and water to form glucose and oxygen

30
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What does photosynthesis depend on

A

Chlorophyll

31
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Where is chlorophyll located and take place

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Chloroplasts

32
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Where does carbon dioxide come from

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Diffuses into plants from air through stomata (on the under leaf)
Produced within plant by respiration

33
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Crop growth in greenhouses

A

Artificial light

Adding co2 eg burning gas

34
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Where does the light and dark stage take place

A

Chloroplast

35
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Name the stages photosynthesis occurs in

A

Light stage

Dark stage

36
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What does the dark stage require to take place

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The light stage first

37
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What colour of light is not absorbed

A

Green

38
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Where are light pigments located

A

The chloroplast

39
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What do electron acceptors lads along

A

Pathway 1 or pathway 2

40
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Three main end products of the light stage

A
  1. ) ATP is made in both pathways 1 and 2 - provide energy for dark stage
  2. ) NADPH is made in pathway 2
  3. ) oxygen is released when water is split in pathway 2
41
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What does the dark stage need

A

The NADPH and ATP made in the light stage

42
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There is no enzymes in the..

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Light stage

43
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What are dark stage reactions controlled by

A

Enzymes

44
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What is the rate of the dark stage controlled by

A

Temperature

45
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Where does the dark stage take place

A

The chloroplast

46
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In the dark stage, hydrogen ions released form NADPH combine with co2 to form…

A

Glucose

47
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The addition to Hydrogen to molecules in the dark stage is called

A

Reduction

48
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What are the 4 end products of the dark stage

A

Glucose
ADP
phosphate
NADP+

49
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Glucose supplies energy in

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Respiration

50
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Glucose converts starch for

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Storage

51
Q

In pathway one what is formed

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ATP

52
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What happens in pathway two

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Water is split and 02, ATP and NADPH are made

53
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NADP meaning

A

Nicotinomide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

54
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What pathway is ADP converted to ATP

A

Pathway 2

55
Q

Where are hydrogen ions released from in the dark stage

A

NADPH

56
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How is glucose formed in the dark stage

A

When hydrogen ions formed from NADPH combine with co2

57
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What is the addition of hydrogen to a molecule called

A

Réduction

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