Photosynthesis Flashcards

1
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Endergonic

A
  • photosynthesis
  • reduces CO2 to sugar
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2
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Exergonic

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  • Cellular Respiration
  • Oxidizes sugar to CO2
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3
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Thylakoid

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contains many pigment molecules

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4
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Stroma

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liquid matrix

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5
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Pigments

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molecules that absorb only certain wavelengths of light

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6
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light reactions occur in ___________

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Thylakoids

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7
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Calvin Cycle occurs in ________

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Stroma

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8
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Accessory pigments:

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  • Give E to chlorophyll
  • Extend wavelengths useful for photosynthesis
  • protection against free-radicals:accept or stabilize unpaired e-
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9
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When a photon strikes chlorophyll

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  • its energy can be transferred to an electron in chlorophyll head
  • electtron becomes excited
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10
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In chlorophyl:

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  • Red and blue photons can be absorbed
  • excite electrons to different states
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11
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when an e- drops down to lower E level it:

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  • Emits fuorescence or heat
  • resonance-energy transfer
  • reduction/oxidation
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12
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___% of electrons produce flourescence

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2

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13
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Pheophytin

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  • electron acceptor from chlorophyll
  • pigment molecule structurally similar to chlorophyll
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14
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Photosystem II: e- passed to an ______

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  • ETC
    • In thylakoid membrane
    • produces proton gradient
    • drives ATP production via ATP synthase
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15
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Photosystem II _________ water to __________________________

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  • Oxidizes (splits)
  • replace e- used during light reactions
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16
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When excited e- leave photosystem II and enter ETC:

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  • Photosystem becomes electronegative
  • enzymes can remove e- from water leaving protons and O2
17
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Photosystem I:

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  • Enzyme NADP+ reductase transfers a p+ and 2 e- to reduce NADP+ to NADPH
  • photosystem and NADP+ reductase anchored in thylakoid membrane
18
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Calvin cycle 3 steps:

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  1. Fixation of CO2
  2. Reduction of 3PGA to G3P
  3. Regeneration of RuBP from G3P
19
Q

Rubisco

A
  • CO2 fixing molecule in calvin cycle
  • most abundant enzyme on earth
20
Q

____ and ____ compete for active sites on rubisco

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O2 and CO2

21
Q

Carbon fixation favored over photorespiration when:

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  • CO2 concentration is high
  • O2 concentration is low
22
Q

Stomata are normally

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  • open during the day
  • closed at night
23
Q

on hot and dry days leaf cells:

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  • lose water to evaporation through stomata
  • close stomata and stop photosynthesis
    • or risk dehydration
24
Q

Closing stomata causes

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CO2 delivery and thus photosynthesis to stop

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C4 photosynthesis is
spatial separation of 2C fixation paths
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CAM is
temporal separation of 2C fixation paths
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•G3P molecules produced by the Calvin cycle are:
* used to make glucose and fructose * which can be combined to form sucrose
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Photosnythesis slow: sucrose
* needed * all glucose used to make sucrose * sucrose H2O soluble and easily transported to areas of high growth
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photosynthesis fast: sucrose
* abundant * glucose polymerized to make starch
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Balance between photosynthesis and respiration determines:
atmospheric CO2 concentration
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Fossil fuel deposits were created when
CO2 levels were down
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Oil causes:
* CO2 concentration to go up * carbon compounds (fossil fuels) stored and burned
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CO2 traps ___________ and increases\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
* light energy * temperature