QUARTER 2 PIGMENTS Flashcards

1
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A set of chemical compounds that have an intense colour and are used in the colouring of other materials

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Pigments

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2
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Found in plants and animals.

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Pigments

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3
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A process that capture light energy and convert it into sugars.
Begins with the absorption of light energy by a specialized form of organic molecules, pigments.

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Photosynthesis

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4
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Types of Pigments in Plants

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Chlorophylls
Carotenoids
Betalains
Flavonoids

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5
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plays a vital role in the biological process, photosynthesis.

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Chlorophylls

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6
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Stimulates photosynthesis by reflecting green light and absorbed violet - blue and orange - red light.

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Chlorophylls

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7
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Types of Chlorophylls

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Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Chlorophyll c
Chlorophyll d
Chlorophyll e

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8
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Contains methyl group in the third position of its chlorin ring

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Chlorophyll a

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9
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Principal pigment that captures sunlight for photosynthesis

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Chlorophyll a

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10
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Absorbs violet- blue and orange- red light from the spectrum

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Chlorophyll a

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11
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Reflects blue green in color
Found in all plants, algae, and cyanobacteria

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Chlorophyll a

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12
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Contains an aldehyde group in the third position of its chlorin ring

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Chlorophyll b

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13
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Accessory pigments that collects sunlight and passes it into Chlorophyll a

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Chlorophyll b

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14
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Absorbs orange- red light from the spectrum

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Chlorophyll b

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15
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Reflects yellow green in color, Found in all plants and green algae

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Chlorophyll b

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16
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found in certain photosynthetic Chromista and in some marine algae

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Chlorophyll c

17
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found only in red algae.

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Chlorophyll d

18
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Very rare
found in golden algae.

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Chlorophyll e

19
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Where can you find Carotenoids

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In chloroplast and chromoplast of green plants

20
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Where can you find Flavonoids

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In the cell vacuole of
common plants

21
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Where can you find Betalains

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In the cell vacuole of Flowers and fungi

22
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Where can you find pigments?

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Plastids and Chloroplast

23
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It is a double membrane organelle found in plants and algae.
Resposible in manufacturing and storing food

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plastid

24
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TYPES OF PLASTIDS

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Chloroplasts
Chromoplasts
Gerontoplasts
Leucoplasts

25
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Outer and Inner Membrane

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Outer and inner covering of the chloroplast.

26
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Space between the thylakoid and inner membrane
Site of the Calvin cycle phase of photosynthesis

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Stroma

27
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Skeleton of the chloroplast
Separate stacks of thylakoid

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Stroma lamellae

28
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Stacks of thylakoid

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Granum

29
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Contains the photosystem of the chloroplast
Made up of pigments and proteins that absorb light energy
Chlorophyll and carotenoids

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Thylakoid

30
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Site of the light dependent phase of photosynthesis

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Thylakoid