Photosynthesis Flashcards

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reactants

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the inputs of a chemical reaction. Location on the left side of a chemical equation

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products

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the outputs of a chemical reaction. located on the right side of a chemical equation

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xylem

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carries water and minerals through a plant

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stomata

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small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move. where gas exchange occurs in a plant

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phloem

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carries food (glucose) through a plant

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chlorophyll

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pigment which fills chloroplast. this pigment abosrbs sunlight

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chloroplast

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location inside of a plant cell where the process photosynthesis takes place occurs

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photosyntesis

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conversion of light energy from the sun into chemical energy (stored in glucose)

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oxygen

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chemical that plants release

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carbon dioxide

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a gas that plants take in (reactant) through small holes in their leaves for the process of photosynthesis

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what are the three main ingredients/reactants of photosythesis

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water, sunlight, carbon dioxide

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leaves

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these open up to collect sunlight and contain the chloroplasts which produce food

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stem

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supporting structure of a plant that connects roots and leaves and carries water and nutrients between them

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carbohydrates

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chains of glucose

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-ose

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the suffix for all sugars

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upper epidermis layer

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a single layer of clear cells that allow light to pas through and prevents the loss of water

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petiole

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the stalk of a leaf, which joins the leaf to a node of the system

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cuticle

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the waxy, waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants

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spongy layer

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loosely-packed chloroplast-bearing cells in the interior of leaves; surrounded by air space

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stomata

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small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move

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guard cells

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the two cells that flank the stomatal pore and regulate the opening and closing of the pore

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grana

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stacks of thylakoids

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stroma

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fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoid

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chlorophyll

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green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis

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calvin cycle
light-independent reactions of photosythesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds usch as sugar
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light-dependent reactions
reactions of photosythesis that use enrgy from light to produce ATP and NADPH
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what is NADPH
an electron carrier
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what are electrons
energy
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endergonic
energy "created" using this part doesn't require light
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exergonic
light-dependent releases energy; energy is a result of this reaction
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steps of a calvin cycle
step 1 - CO2 fixation - CO2 diffuses into the stroma and combines with RuBP (ribulose bisphosphate) with the help of enzymes step 2 - six carbon molecules are unstavle and split into 3-carbon compounds step 3 - one G3P molecule leaves the Calvin cycle and is used to make organic compounds (glucose chain) step 4 - the remaining G3P molecules are converted back into the 5-carbon molecules RuBP and re-enter the Calvin cycle
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