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What is photosynthesis used for?

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  • growth as it can make new molecules e.g. DNA, proteins, cellulose
  • respiration as it releases glucose and energy within glucose that can be used for other reactions
  • stored as starch
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What are the two main stages of photosynthesis?

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the light dependent reactions and the light independent reactions (Calvin cycle)

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Phosphorylation

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adding phosphates to a molecule

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Lysis

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splitting up/ breaking

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Synthesis

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making something

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Photo

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light

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Hydro

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water

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What is ATP?

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Adenosine Triphosphate - is the universal energy transfer molecule in a cell

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Uses of ATP:

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  • active transport
  • respiration (glycolysis)
  • anabolic processes
  • movement: muscle and spindle action
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Oxidation

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loss of electrons - lose hydrogen releasing energy

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Reduction

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gain of electrons - gain hydrogen absorbing energy

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Redox reactions

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a series of reduction and oxidation reactions

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What is the co-enzyme used in photosynthesis?

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NADP (P –> Photosynthesis)

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What is the purpose of NADP?

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its job is to carry hydrogen

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Why are leaves green?

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Leaves are green because with white light all are blocked apart from green light which is reflected. Leaves turn red/ orange/ yellow in Autumn because the chlorophyll is being broken down into other pigments so you see other colours

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What are pigments?

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substances that absorb visible light - chloroplasts contain a mixture of different pigments

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Where are chlorophyll molecules found in the chloroplast?

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in the photosystems in the membranes

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What is a photosystem?

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a group of light absorbing pigments

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Where do the light dependent reactions happen?

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in the Thylakoid membrane

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Where do the light independent reactions happen?

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in the stroma

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Overview of light dependent

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  • light strikes chlorophyll
  • 2 electrons are excited
  • 2 electrons move along the electron transport chain in a series of redox reactions
  • the energy released from this turns ADP + Pi –> ATP
  • water undergoes photolysis causing 2 electrons to replace the ones in the photosystem
  • hydrogen from the water and electrons from transport chain are used to reduce NADP
  • oxygen is a waste product
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Overview of light independent

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  • carbon dioxide combines with RuBP
  • this is catalysed by RuBISCO and forms a 6 carbon compound
  • this is unstable so immediately breaks down to form two 3 carbon compounds of GP
  • the 3 carbon compound GP turns into GALP by using energy (a phosphate) from ATP and the hydrogen from NADPH
  • some of the GALP can be removed to make hexose sugars and other organic molecules and the rest will continue in the cycle to be rearranged to form RuBP again
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Why is light independent reactions a better term than dark reactions?

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because they can happen in the light and the dark (unlike the light dependent - only in light)

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What is carbon fixation?

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when carbon dioxide combines with RuBP to form GP

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What would happen to the Calvin cycle if a plant was denied light?

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it would continue as normal until a point when the light dependent reactions can’t happen anymore, once the light dependent stops the Calvin cycle will stop as their will be no ATP or NADPH - nothing happens to RuBP and GP levels

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What will happen if CO2 levels fall?

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the GP levels will fall and RuBP levels will rise as it stays constant but less is being used to make GP but GP is turning into GALP

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What factors affect/ limit photosynthesis? How?

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  • temperature - can denature the proteins
  • light intensity - can affect the light dependent reactions so more/less ATP and NADPH being made and available for use
  • CO2 concentration - affects the Calvin cycle
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What organic substances can the Calvin cycle be the starting point for?

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  • hexose sugars
  • starch
  • lipids (fatty acids from GP)
  • proteins (some amino acids can form from GALP)
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Chlorophyll only…

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…absorbs certain wavelengths

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Why does not all light reaching Earth hit plants?

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some will hit buildings

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How much of light reaching the plant is absorbed?

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40%

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What happens to light (energy) reaching the plant?

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  • reflected
  • pass straight through
  • absorbed
  • energy not absorbed by chlorophyll but used in evaporating water from leaves
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GPP - Gross Primary Productivity

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the rate at which energy is taken in into organic molecules (e.g. glucose)
energy per area per year - Jm-2y-1

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NPP - Net Primary Productivity

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the rate at which energy is transferred into the organic molecules that makes up the new plant biomass

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Efficiency of Photosynthesis =

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(GPP / amount of light striking the plant) *100

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NPP =

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GPP - R

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Succession

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  • the change in one ecological community to another over time
  • the gradual change in a community over time
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Habitat

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a place with a distinct set of conditions where an organism lives

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Population

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a group of individuals of the same species found in an area at that time

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Community

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different populations sharing a habitat/ ecosystem at a particular time

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Primary succession

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formation of a habitat where no community has been before - bare rock, sand, open water (occurs when organisms colonize a lifeless habitat)

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Secondary succession

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when an existing community has been cleared - fire, tsunami, war, ploughed field (occurs when organisms recolonize a devastated ecosystem)

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Pioneer species

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the first organisms to colonise a habitat

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Climax community

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a stable community that remains unchanged

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Deflected succession

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takes another route along succession so it doesn’t reach its climax community - often human activity preventing succession running its course

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Why can only a few pioneer species colonise the sand?

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  • lack of nutrients
  • salinity, high salt
  • pH, alkaline
  • wind, sand moves
  • dry conditions
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As you move from the sand dunes to the woodland what happens to animal diversity? Why?

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the animal diversity increases, this is because there is less extreme conditions and they’re able to create more niches

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Why do pioneer species not end up in the climax community?

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because they don’t have adaptations for it and can’t compete very well

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What happens to the species richness and species diversity in a climax community?

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the species richness - increases as increased biodiversity

the species evenness - normally one dominant species so not very even

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What happens during succession?

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The organisms within an ecosystem change its abiotic conditions. The better adapted organisms colonize the area, replacing current inhabitants

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Interspecific

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between different species (Internet - everyone)

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Intraspecific

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between the same species (Intranet - school network)

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Pioneer community features

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  • harsh environment
  • extreme abiotic conditions
  • poor competitors
  • low organic matter (living things)
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Climax community features

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  • high species diversity
  • little tolerance of abiotic extremes
  • stable environment
  • good competitors
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High stress

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exposure to difficult conditions

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How could you sample species distributions with an environmental gradient? Random

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Stratified random sampling - dividing the area into strata on the basis of obvious variation within it such as vegetation changes, fixed distances, fixed heights. Within each strata random sampling by x,y co-ordinates or random walking

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How could you sample species distributions without environmental gradient? Random

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Grid method, a grid is laid out and random numbers are used as x,y co-ordinates. Alternatively, pacing the random numbers can be done from a fixed starting point

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How could you sample species distributions with an environmental gradient? Systematic

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Transect - A line transect, sampling may be continuous or interrupted along the line. Continuous belt transect, rolling a quadrat over measuring everything along the transect length. Interrupted belt transect, quadrats set out at regular intervals

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Environmental gradient

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a gradual change in an abiotic factor e.g. light intensity, pH, salinity, soil moisture

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How could you sample species distributions without environmental gradient? Systematic

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Grid method, a grid is laid out and data is recorded at regular intervals across the grid

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Qualitative recording

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presence or absence of species in a quadrat

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Quantitative recording

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  • Density
  • Percentage cover
  • Frequency
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Density recording

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density is a count of the number of individuals of a species per unit area

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Frequency recording

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frequency is the probability or chance of finding a species in a given area - divided quadrat - presence or absence is recorded for each species in a sub-unit

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Percentage cover

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  • direct estimate with an open quadrat
  • Scales: Braun-Blanquet, Domin, ACFOR
  • Divided quadrat: estimate the number of squares a species would fully occupy
  • Point quadrat: number of hits *10
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Why does algae look different colours?

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Because in water different wavelengths of light pass through them. All photosynthesise and different pigments are picked out and used depending on the water so different colours are made

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