Photosynthesis

Question 1

Autotrophs

Answer 1

“self-feeders” that sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other living beings

Question 2

Heterotrophs

Answer 2

obtain organic material by the second mode of nutrition; “other-feeding”; consumers

Question 3

Mesophyll

Answer 3

the tissue in the interior of the leaf where chloroplasts can be found

Question 4

Stomata

Answer 4

microscopic pores where co2 enters the leaf and oxygen exists

Question 5

Photosynthesis Chemical equation

Answer 5

6CO2 + 12 H2O + LIGHT ENERGY —> C6H1206 +O6 + 6O2

Question 6

photophosphorylation

Answer 6

light reaction generate atp using chemiosmosis to add phosphate to adp

Question 7

carbon fixation

Answer 7

initial incorporation of carbon into organic compounds

Question 8

Engelmann’s experiment

Answer 8

used algae to determine which part of light on the spectrum contributes most to photosynthesis with conclusion of red and violet-blue being most effective to driving photosynthesis

Question 9

Photosystem

Answer 9

a reaction center complex associated with light harvesting complexes

Question 10

Phases of Calvin Cycle

Answer 10

1. carbon fixation
2. reduction
3. regeneration of RuBP