Basics
What gas do plants take in to perform photosynthesis?
What is carbon dioxide?
Which part of the chloroplast do the light-dependent reactions occur in?
What are the thylakoid membranes?
In which part of the chloroplast does the Calvin cycle occur?
What is the stroma?
Name one reactant of photosynthesis.
What is carbon dioxide or water?
what do plants store extra glucose as
what is starch
What pigment in chloroplasts absorbs sunlight?
What is chlorophyll?
What gas is released during the light-dependent reactions?
What is oxygen?
What molecule is "fixed" in the first step of the Calvin cycle?
What is carbon dioxide?
Name one product of photosynthesis.
What is oxygen or glucose?
why do desert plants have thick, waxy leaves
what is to slow water loss
What is the main sugar produced during photosynthesis?
What is glucose?
What molecule carries high-energy electrons from the light reactions to the Calvin cycle?
What is NADPH?
They close off the stomata of a cactus plant to prevent dehydration from happening
What are guard cells?
What is the balanced equation for photosynthesis?
What is 6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂?
why do plants close their stomata during the day in very hot climates
what is to prevent water loss
What organelle in plant cells is the site of photosynthesis?
What are chloroplasts?
What energy molecule is produced by ATP synthase during the light reactions?
What is ATP?
What is the main product of the Calvin cycle?
What is G3P
What external energy source is required for photosynthesis?
What is sunlight?
what adaption helps tall trees get sunlight in dense forrests
what is growing broad leaves high in the canopy
What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?
What is to convert light energy into chemical energy?
The splitting of what molecule provides electrons for the light reactions?
What is water?
The Calvin cycle requires ATP and NADPH. From where are these molecules obtained?
What are the light-dependent reactions?
In what form is energy stored in the products of photosynthesis?
What is chemical energy in glucose?
how does a plant use glucose besides energy
what is making glucose, storing sdtarch, building new cells, growing, etc