Light Reaction
Light Independent Reaction
Light
Leaf Anatomy
Photosynthesis
100
NADP+, ADP, P, CO2 and H20.
What is needed for the Light Reaction?
100
A biological CYCLE where light is not needed.
What is the Calvin Cycle.
100
The range of colors the human eye can perceive.
What is the visible spectrum?
100
During the summer chlorophyll masks the other pigments.
Why do the leaves change color?
100
The activation energy for this important storage process comes from the food humans consume.
Where does energy for ATP come from.
200
To turn sun energy into chemical energy through photosynthesis.
What is the purpose of the light reaction?
200
H added from NADPH and Phosphate released.
What is needed to create PGAL?
200
A variety of colors.
What is light?
200
Layer beneath the palisade layer that contains loosely arranged cells with fewer chloroplasts.
What is the spongy layer?
200
Make own energy.
What is an autotroph?
300
Energy from the sun is used for this.
What is activation energy?
300
After having no other use it is mostly converted back into RUBP.
What is most PGAL converted back into?
300
It can be Reflected, Transmitted and Absorbed
What can happen to light?
300
A thin waxy layer that covers the top of the leaf.
What is cutin?
300
A stack of thylakoids.
What is the grana?
400
ATP, O2 and NADPH.
What are the products of the light reaction?
400
Allow CO2 to diffuse through these.
What is the function of stroma and cytoplasm?
400
Compound that absorbs light.
What is a pigment?
400
Openings along the lower epidermis that allow gas exchange.
What is the stomata?
400
An enzyme that has become unravelled and can no longer fulfill its role in the cell.
What is a denatured enzyme?
500
A cluster of pigment molecules.
What is a photosystem?
500
Incorparation of CO2 into organic compounds.
What is Carbon fixation?
500
This is yellow, orange or brown pigment that separates first.
What color is a carotenoid?
500
The part of the leaf that captures most of the sun's energy.
What is the palisade layer?
500
Light, Heat and Temperature.
What are the three components that can affect the rate of photosynthesis?
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