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Photosynthesis & Chloroplast Flashcards

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1
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A process involving the conversion of light energy to chemical energy

A

Photosynthesis

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2
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Autotrophs

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Make their own food

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Two Modes of Nutrition and Energy Transfer

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Primary and Secondary Consumers

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Why is photosythesis important?

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Provides energy needed for the plant to function
Powers up cellular processes

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Requirements for photosynthesis

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Sunlight

Water (H2O)

Carbon Dioxide

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6
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Products of photosynthesis

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Glucose

O2

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Where does photosynthesis occur?

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Thylakoids in the Chloroplast

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  • Is a plastid
  • Green in color
  • Double Membrane
  • In parenchyma
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Chloroplast

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Which part of the leaf is chloroplast located?

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Parenchyma, particularly in the Mesophyll

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Why does it contain its own DNA?

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It was once a living organism engulfed by another (cyanobacteria)

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____% main cell, ____% own structure

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90%; 10%

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Structure of Chloroplast

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Membrane (Outer, Inner)
Intermembrane space
Thylakoid
Grana
Stroma
Stroma Lamellae

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Permeable to small molecules

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Outer membrane

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Highly selective

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Inner Membrane

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Space between the membranes, contains nucleotides

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Intermembrane space

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Nucleotide phosphorylation (cellular respiration) occurs where?

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Intermembrane space

17
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What structures are responsible for the movement of molecules in and out of the chloroplast

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Inner and Outer Membrane

18
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Membrane bound flattened disks containing chlorophyll

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Thylakoid

19
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Space inside the thylakoid

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lumen

20
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Stack of Thylakoids

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Grana/Granum

21
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Connects a stack of thylakoids

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Stroma Lamellae

22
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Where does photosynthesis occur in the structures?

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Thylakoids - Light Dependent
Stroma - Calvin Cycle

23
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How does it start?

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Through exposure to sunlight

24
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Fluid that encompasses thylakoids

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Stroma

25
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What is stroma composed of?

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DNA
Ribosomes
Enzymes

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