Vocabulary
The process of making food in a plant is called___________.
Photosynthesis
Where does the Calvin cycle take place?
Stroma
Where do the light reactions take place?
Thylakoid membranes.
H2O
Water
The green pigment located in the chloroplast that traps the energy from the sun is called_____________.
Chlorophyll
What is the name of the gas molecule that plants need in the Calvin Cycle?
CO2
What supplies electrons to the light reactions?
H20
CO2
Carbon dioxide
The guard cells tell these tiny openings in a leaf to allow carbon dioxide to enter a plant, and oxygen and water vapor to exit a plant.
Stomata
What molecule carries high- energy electrons to the Calvin cycle?
NADPH
Name the molecule that carries high energy electrons and 1 H+
NADPH
C6H12O6
Glucose
The process by which glucose and oxygen break down to release stored energy is called________________.
Cellular respiration
What is the product of the Calvin cycle?
Glucose (Sugar)
What supplies the energy to make ATP?
H+ being pumped across the thylakoid membrane.
6CO2 + 6H2O + Sunlight --> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Photosynthesis
Fructose, sucrose, and glucose are all different forms of___________.
Sugar
What happens to the molecules produced by the Calvin cycle?
They are recycled back in to the Calvin cycle.
Name all the products of the light reactions and where they go.
Oxygen- into the atmosphere
ATP- to calvin cycle
NADPH- to calvin cycle
C6H12O6 + O2 --> CO2 + H2O + ATP
What is Cellular Respiration?