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What is photosynthesis

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Where organisms convert light energy into sugars

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How are leaves adapted for photosynthesis

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-has a large surface area so lots of sunlight can be absorbed
-lots of air spaces for efficient diffusion
-waxy cuticle preventing water loss
-has lots of veins (xylem and phloem)
-leaf is thin so short diffusion pathway for efficient diffusion
-has many chloroplast which contains chlorophyll to absorb sunlight for photosynthesis

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What is autotroph and give an example

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An organism that makes their own food from inorganic molecules using energy
E.g producers in an ecosystem

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What is heterotroph and give an example

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An organism that cannot make its own food so has to obtain organic compounds by consuming other organisms
E.g consumers or decomposers

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What is a photoautotroph

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An organism that photosynthesises
uses light to make food

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What is a Chemoautotroph

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Organism that does NOT photosynthesise
uses chemicals to make its food

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What is the photosynthesis equation

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Sunlight
Carbon dioxide + water > glucose + oxygen
Chlorophyll

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What type of reaction is photosynthesis

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-It is endothermic
-Glucose is the main product
~ transports as sucrose and stored as starch

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What is the respiration equation and what type of reaction is it

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Glucose + oxygen > carbon dioxide + water + energy
-it is an exothermic reaction

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Define interrelationship

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The products of one are the reactants of the other

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What is compensation point

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When photosynthesis and respiration proceed at the same rate, there is no net gain or loss of carbohydrate

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12
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Fill in the gap
Plants - - - - all day but can only - - - - in the day

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  1. Respire
  2. Photosynthesise
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What is the compensation point (on the graph) for rate of oxygen exchange and light intensity

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Where the line crosses the x-axis

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Where is the chloroplast found and how long is it

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-found in plants and algae
-2-10 micrometres long

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What internal structures are there in the chloroplast

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-granum
-stroma
-thylakoid
-intergranal lamellae
-photosystems

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what is the Granum

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-Stack of thylakoids
-where light dependant stage of photosynthesis takes place

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What does the grana do

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-many grana in the chloroplast so there’s a huge surface area for:
~when the electron carriers and ATP synthase enzymes need to convert light energy into ATP
~distributions of the photosystems that contain the photosynthetic pigmented that trap sunlight energy

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What is the stroma

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-fluid filled matrix surrounding the thylakoids

19
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What does the stroma do

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-contains enzymes to catalyse the reactions of the light dependent stage of photosynthesis
-it also contains
~starch grains
~oil droplets
~loop of DNA
~small ribosomes

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What is the thylakoid

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-flattened disc like sacs that form stacks (grana)

21
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What is the intergranal lamellae

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-Connects thylakoids in different grana, together

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What is a photosystem

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-Funnel shaped structures found within the thylakoid membrane
-contains photosynthetic pigments
-each pigment absorbs sunlight of a particular wavelength whilst reflecting other wavelengths of light

~the light energy captured is tunnelled down to the primary pigment reaction centre consisting of a type of chlorophyll at the base of the photosystem

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What is chlorophyll’s

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-mixture of pigments
-all have a similar molecular structure consisting of a porphyrin group which there is a magnesium atom and a long hydrocarbon chain

24
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What are the 2 chlorophylls

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Chlorophyll A
Chlorophyll B

25
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Chlorophyll A

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-2 forms
-Appear blue or green
-both absorb RED light but have different absorption peaks
P680 - found in photosystem 2 light of wavelength for absorption is 680nm
P700 - found in photosystem 1- light of wavelength absorption is 700nm

26
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Chlorophyll B

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-absorbs light of wavelengths 400-500 nm and around 640

27
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What do accessory pigments do

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-carotenoids absorb blue light of wavelengths 400-500 nm
-xanthophyll absorbs blue and green of 375 - 550nm
they reflect yellow

28
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Where does the light dependant stage of photosynthesis take place

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-In the grana and involves the photosystems
-it uses direct light energy

29
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What are the 3 stages of light dependant stage of photosynthesis

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-light harvesting at the photosystems
-photolysis of water
-phosphorylation (cyclic or non cyclic)

30
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What are the 2 photosystems (PS)

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PS1 - chlorophyll a (p700)
PS2 - chlorophyll a (p680)

31
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What happens at the light harvesting at the photosystems stage

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-light energy is funnelled down to the primary reaction centre
-has a type of chlorophyll depending on the base of the photosystem

32
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What happens at the photolysis of water stage

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-occurs in PS2
-in the presence of light, water molecule is split into protons(H+), electrons and oxygen

(The oxygen can be used in respiration if production is high or it just diffuses out of the leaf)

33
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what happens at photo phosphorylation

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  • the generation of ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate in the presence of light
  • it can be cyclic or non cyclic
34
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Non cyclic stage of phosphorylation

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-light is absorbed by PS2 and is passed to the PS2 primary pigment (P680)
-2 electrons are excited to a higher energy level and are emitted from the chlorophyll molecule
-excited electrons are passed down a chain of electron carriers (electron transport chain) before being passed on to PS1
-the energy released from the ETC allows H+ ions to pass from a low conc in stroma to a high conc in the thylakoid
-the H+ then diffuses back through ATP synthase to generate ATP
-in PS2 photolysis occurs
-these electrons replace the ones that are lost from PS2 to go to PS1
-The electrons leaving PSI combine with hydrogen ions giving reduced NADP
2H+ + 2e- + NADP → reduced NADP
-The reduced NADP (NADPH) then passes to the light-independent reactions to be used in the synthesis of carbohydrates

35
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What is electron carriers

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-proteins embedded in the membrane with iron ions in it
-when the electrons bind to it, it becomes reduced
-it can then donate the electron to the next electron carrier becoming reoxidised

36
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What is Cyclic phosphorylation and give an example

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Occurs only in PS1
- produces small amounts of ATP

  • e.g guard cells use this to generate ATP to actively bring potassium ions into the cells lowering the water potential so that water follows by osmosis
  • causes guard cells to swell and open the stomata
37
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What is the stages of cyclic phosphorylation

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-light is absorbed and passed on through PS1 (P700)
-an electron is excited to a higher energy level and is emitted from the chlorophyll molecule
-excited electron is captured by an electron acceptor transported via electron transport chain before going back to PS1 (this process releases energy)
- energy is used to transport protons (H+) from stroma to thylakoid via proton pump
- a build up of protons in the thylakoid lumen means they diffuse back through the membrane via ATP synthase which generates ATP from ADP and P1

38
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What photosystems are involved in cyclic and non cyclic stages

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Cyclic - PS1
non cyclic - BOTH

39
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does photolysis occur in cyclic or non cyclic

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Non cyclic

40
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What are the products of cyclic and non cyclic

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Cyclic- ATP
Non cyclic- ATP, oxygen and reduced NADP

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