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Photosynthesis Flashcards

1
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Plants are….

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Autotrophs (or producers)

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2
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Plants produce…

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Chemical energy from solar energy

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3
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The process of producing chemical energy from solar energy is called…

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Photosynthesis

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4
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Photosynthesis occurs in … Different reactions

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5
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What is the first reaction of photosynthesis?

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Light absorption by chlorophyll

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6
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What is the second reaction of photosynthesis?

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Light dependent reactions (Electron Transport Chain & Chemiosmosis)

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7
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What is the third reaction of photosynthesis?

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Light Independent reaction (Calvin Cycle)

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8
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Where does light absorption by chlorophyll occur?

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Thylakoids

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9
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Where does light dependent reactions occur?

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Thylakoid membrane

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10
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Where does light independent reactions occur?

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Stroma

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11
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Any green part of a plant contains the pigment…

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Chlorophyll

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12
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Chlorophyll reflects … Light

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Green

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Chlorophyll absorbs … Light

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Red and blue

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14
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Chlorophyll absorbs the … Energy needed to begin photosynthesis

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Light

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15
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Chloroplast are concentrated in the cells of the …

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Mesophyll

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16
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Mesophyll is…

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Green tissue on the exterior of the leaf

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17
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Every mesophyll contains numerous …

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Chloroplasts

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18
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Stomata (stoma) are pores on the leaf where….

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CO² enters and O² exits

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19
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Stroma is the …

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Fluid compartment enclosed by the inner membrane

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20
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Stroma is the site of…

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Sugar Synthesis from CO²

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21
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Grana are …

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Stacks of membranous sacs of thylakoids

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22
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Thylakoids are…

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Individual sacs that contain the Chlorophyll within the thylakoid membrane

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23
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Thylakoids are the site of..

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Light absorption

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24
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Overall equation of photosynthesis…

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6CO² + 6H²O + light energy → C⁶H¹²O⁶ + 6O²

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25
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Plants produce O² gas by

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Splitting water molecules

26
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Photosynthesis is a … Reaction

27
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When light is absorbed by the chlorophyll, it converts solar energy to…

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Electrical energy (the flow of electrons)

28
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A discreet package of light energy is called a …

29
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When a pigment absorbs a photon, one of the electrons gain energy, raising it from…

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Ground state to an excited state

30
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The … State of an electron is very …

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Excited ; unstable

31
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As soon as a photon of light is absorbed the … Begins

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Transport of electrons

32
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The ETC takes place in a …

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Photosystem

33
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A photosystem is a …

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Unit of several hundred chlorophyll molecules and carrier molecules

34
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Most plants have … Types of photosystems

35
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PSI contains mostly Chlorophyll w optimum absorption of … Light at … nm

36
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PSII has best absorption at … nm, and is a … Colour

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680 ; orange red

37
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… Can function on its own and carry out the first stage of photosynthesis alone

38
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The ETC begins in …

39
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[4th step of ETC] NADP+ is reduced to …

40
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Chemiosmosis is …

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Diffusion of chemicals through a membrane that results in ATP formation

41
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When NADP+ is reduced to NADPH, it breaks a … Molecule into … And …

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Water ; H+ ; O²

42
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The ETC within the thylakoids trigger …

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Chemiosmosis

43
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The concentration of H+ is … Inside the thylakoid space than in the …

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Higher ; stroma

44
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The … And …. Formed in the light…. Reactions are used as the energy to drive the light… Reaction

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NADPH ; ATP ; dependent ; independent

45
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Light independent reaction is also known as

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Calvin Cycle / Carbon Fixation

46
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The … Cycle has … Major steps that is … By a specific enzyme

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Calvin ; 4 ; catalyzed

47
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The Calvin Cycle is also referred to as the … Pathway because of it’s 3C intermediate PGA

48
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What are the four major steps of the Calvin Cycle?

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1) CO² diffuses into the stroma; rubisco binds to a CO² molecule to a 5-C RuBP to form a 6-C molecule
2) 2 molecules of 2-PGA is formed
3) 3PGA is changed to G3P (ATP and NADPH are used)
4) Most of the G3P regenerates more RuBP

49
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Why is Calvin Cycle a cycle?

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Because most of G3P regenerates more RuBP

50
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Photosynthetic autotrophs use intermediate compounds such as … To form a variety of organic compounds such as…

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G3P ; amino acids, lipids, and carbohydrates

51
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What are other Carbon-Fixing pathways?

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C⁴ and CAM

52
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C⁴ and CAM plants open their … At night

53
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Examples of C⁴ plants?

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Corn, sugarcane, crabgrass

54
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What are examples of CAM plants?

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Cactus and pineapples

55
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NADP+ is

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate

56
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NAD+ is

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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide

57
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FAD+

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Flavin adenine dinucleotide

58
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ADP is

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Adenosine diphosphate

59
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ATP is

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Adenosine triphosphate

60
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3PGA is

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3 phosphoglyceric acid

61
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RuBP is

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Ribulose biphosphate

62
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CAM is

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Crassulacean Acid Metabolism

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