Light Dependent Reactions
The organelle where photosynthesis takes place
What is the chloroplast?
The part of the chloroplast where the Calvin cycle takes place
What is the stroma
The simple sugar produced by photosynthesis and used as an energy source by the plant
What is glucose
The part of the chloroplast where light-dependent reactions occur
What is the Granum
The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH. The earlier stage of photosynthesis that makes these molecules is called
What is the light-dependent reactions
At least one reactant needed for photosynthesis
What is water (H2O) or carbon dioxide (CO2)
The gas produced as a waste product when water is split
What is Oxygen (O2)
The gas from the atmosphere that is used in the Calvin cycle to eventually form sugars (e.g. glucose)
What is Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
The word equation for photosynthesis
What is carbon dioxide + water + light energy→ glucose + oxygen.
The two main energy-carrying molecules made in the light-dependent reaction that are used in the Calvin cycle
What is ATP and NADPH
The main role of carbon dioxide (CO2) during the Calvin cycle
What is providing the carbon atoms that are used to build glucose (and other sugars)
The number of water molecules used as reactants in the chemical equation for photosynthesis
What is six (6) molecules of water.
The way in which light-dependent reactions help maintain the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere
What is the release of oxygen when water is split and production of ATP and NADPH, which are used to make carbon dioxide into sugars in the Calvin cycle.
The Calvin cycle is sometimes called the "light-independent reactions." The reason why this name can be misleading
What is the way that the Calvin cycle doesn’t use light directly but still depends on products made by the light-dependent reactions, which require light.
The thing that happens to the atoms of water (H and O) during the process in the overall equation of photosynthesis
What is hydrogen atoms that help form glucose (C6 H12 O6) and the oxygen atoms are released as oxygen (O₂) and also end up in glucose and water