Photosynthesis Flashcards
This molecule is usable energy for the cell.
ATP
This is the equation for photosynthesis.
6H2O + 6CO2 –> 6O2 + C6H12O6
This is the name of the discs inside the chloroplasts where light is absorbed.
Thylakoids
This is is the gas required by the Calvin Cycle.
CO2 - it uses 6 molecules to produce 1 glucose.
How is energy harvested from an ATP molecule?
A phosphate is removed, releasing usable energy.
What type of energy drives photosynthesis?
Light Energy
This is the name of the molecule found in both PS1 and PS2 that absorbs light.
Chlorophyll
This is the starting material for the Calvin Cycle that is recycled to the stroma after each turn of the cycle.
Three 5-carbon molecules.
These are the parts of an ATP molecule.
Adenine (a nitrogen base)
Ribose (sugar)
3 phosphates
These are the 2 main processes of photosynthesis.
Light Dependent Reactions and Calvin Cycle
This molecule is produced using 2 high energy electrons released by PS1.
NADPH
This is the main purpose of the Calvin Cycle.
To produce GLUCOSE as food for the plant.
This is where usable energy stored in ATP is found?
In the bonds between the phosphates.
This is the function of NADP+.
Electron Carrier: It carries 2 electrons and 1 H+.
These are 2 high energy molecules that are fuel for the Calvin Cycle.
ATP
NADPH.
A stack of thylakoids is called this.
Granum
These turn on pumps that actively transport H+ into a thylakoid.
High energy electrons from PS2.
What do ATP & NADPH drop off in the Calvin Cycle?
ATP drops of 1 phosphate.
NADPH drops off 2 e- & 1 H+
This is the filling inside the chloroplast that surrounds stacks of thylakoids.
Stroma
This molecule replenishes the electrons missing from PS2.
Water
How many molecules break away from the group of modified molecules during each turn of the Calvin Cycle?
1 group will break away to eventually become glucose. The other 5 get recycled back into the starting material.
These are the 2 reactants of photosynthesis.
6 CO2 and 6 H2O
This is the name of the enzyme where facilitated diffusion occurs in a thylakoid.
ATP synthase.
This is how many ATPs are used each turn of the Calvin Cycle.
NINE - 6 to modify the molecules with phosphates and 3 more to recycle the molecules back to the original starting material.