Phreakin Photosynthesis Flashcards
What is the equation for photosynthesis (with coefficients)
6 CO2 + 12 H2O –> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O
The experiment they used to decide whether water or carbon dioxide was present in O2 was..
using an isotope O18 to tag both carbaon dioxide and water
Molecules become ___ when the absorb photons
excited
Two types of photosynthesis reactions
LightDark (light-independent)
Types of pigments that absorb energy for photosynthesis
chlorophyllaccessory pigments
how many types of chorophyll
2 (a and b)
Cholrophyll have long ____ chains that connect to ___ in the ____ in the ____
hydrocrabonproteins in the thylakoids in the chloroplast
What colors do chlorophyll absorb?
red and blue light
What pigments absorb other colors than red and blue
accessory pigments
types of accessory pigments
carotenoids and phycobillins
Light absorption results in a _____ change
photochemical
pigments are arranged into energy-absorbing
antenna systems (light-harvesting complexes)
Antenna systems make up the
photosystem
What photosystem spans the ____and surrounds the ____
thylakoidreaction center
Chlorophyll has 2 vital roles in photosynthesis, what are they
absorb light into excited electronstransfer elections to chemical changes
The excited electron finally ends up at _____ which gets reduced to ____
NADP –> NADPH
The two different systems of e- transport
noncycliccyclic
Noncyclic electron transport makes
ATP and NADPH and O2
Cyclic transport electron transport makes
only ATP
Equation for N-cyclic ET
H20 –> 1/2 O2 + 2H+
N-cyclic ET ____ water
oxidizes