Photosynthesis 2 Flashcards
What is it
Plants making own food through light energy
Produces
Oxygen
responsible for forming
Fossil fuels
Removes what from air
Co2
Equation
6Co2 +6H2o -> C6 H 12 06 + 6o2
What does it require
Co2
Water
Light energy
Chlorophyll
Produces
Oxygen and glucose
Converts
Light energy to chemical energy
Saturation point
No more light can be absorbed and photosynthesis levels off
Water is absorbed from soil by roots by..
Osmosis
External source
Leaves getting c02 from stomata
Internal source
Leaves acquire co2 from own cellular respiration in cells
Artificial Co2
Burning gases in a green house
Sure if light stage
Chloroplast
Light stage
Light energy absorbed by chlorophyll molecule
Passes though pigments of molecules to reaction center in chlorophyll
Electrons become energized + leave the chlorophyll molecule
Energized electrons enter 2 pathways