photosynthesis

Question 1

list the raw materials needed for the light-dependant cycle

Answer 1

sun, water

Question 2

list the materials needed for the calvin cycle

Answer 2

3 carbon dioxide, 9 ATP, 6 NADPH

Question 3

what term is used to define a grouping of chlorophyll molecules that absorbs solar energy

Answer 3

photosystem

Question 4

photosystem 2 gets its energy from the ______________.

Answer 4

sun

Question 5

photosystem 1 is responsible for energizing the molecule ______________ to form the reduced molecule _______________.

Answer 5

NADP, NADPH

Question 6

a reduced molecule has gained/lost an electron.

Answer 6

gained.

Question 7

an oxidized mocules is called a _____________ agent

Answer 7

reducing

Question 8

where does the oxygen we breathe come from?

Answer 8

the split water molecule

Question 9

what name is given to a stack of thylakoids

Answer 9

grana

Question 10

what is the name given to the clear fluid surrounding the thylakoids

Answer 10

stroma

Question 11

chloroplasts are cell organelles that are located in ________________ cells

Answer 11

palisade

Question 12

what are spongy mesophyll cells responsible for?

Answer 12

gas exchange

Question 13

what is the term used to define the small openings on the bottom of the leaf surface that take in carbon dioxide.

Answer 13

stomata

Question 14

stomata opening and closing are controlled by ___________ cells

Answer 14

guard

Question 15

what does xylem transport? phloem?

Answer 15

water, sugar

Question 16

the ___________ is responsible for transferring electrons from photosystem 1 to photosystem 2

Answer 16

ETC (electron transport chain)

Question 17

carbon dioxide and ribulose phosphate make which molecule?

Answer 17

phosphoglycerate

Question 18

phosphoglycerate is produced in the ________________ stage of the calvin cycle

Answer 18

carbon fixation

Question 19

how many molecules of ATP are needed to change phosphoglycerate into biphosphoglycerate?

Answer 19

6

Question 20

NADPH is a _____________ molecule which donates its electron during the ______________ phase of the calvin cycle

Answer 20

reduced, reduction

Question 21

In total, ______ molecules of ATP are needed to produce one glucose molecule.

Answer 21

9

Question 22

list two other names for the dark cycle

Answer 22

light - independant, calvin cycle

Question 23

where does the calvin cycle occur?

Answer 23

stroma

Question 24

how many G3P molecules are needed to produce one molecule of glucose

Answer 24

3

Question 25

one molecule of glucose requires _____ ATP, ______ NADPH, and _______ of carbon dioxide

Answer 25

27, 18, 9