Vocabulary
This type of energy is used to start photosynthesis
What is solar energy/radiant energy/sunlight?
The light reactions are also called this:
What are the Light-Dependent Reactions?
The photosynthetic organelle is the:
What is the chloroplast?
This is the process of adding a phosphate group to a molecule
What phosphorylation?
These organisms cannot go through photosynthesis
What are heterotrophs?
This is the formula for glucose
What is C6H12O6?
The Calvin Cycle occurs here
What is the stroma?
The electron transport chain of photosynthesis occurs here
What is the thylakoid membranes?
This part of photosynthesis is when carbon fixation occurs
What is the light-independent reactions/Calvin cycle/dark reactions?
These are pores in plants that open and close to exchange CO2 and O2 with the environment
What are stoma/stomata?
These are the three types of photosynthesis discussed in class
What are 1) C3 Photosynthesis, 2) C4 Photosynthesis, and 3) CAM Photosynthesis?
In this alternative method of photosynthesis, the light and dark reactions are separated through time (day versus night)
What is CAM Photosynthesis?
In C4 photosynthesis, light and dark reactions are split between these two cell types:
What are 1) mesophyll cells and 2) bundle sheath cells?
_______ is the energy molecule of all living organisms AND explain where most of the energy in this molecule resides
What is Adenosine TriPhosphate and 'in the bond between the second and third phosphate?'
These two molecules are created at the end of the light reactions and are used to power the dark reactions
What are NADPH and ATP?
These are the three products of photolysis:
What is 1) free electrons, 2) free hydrogen ions, and 3) Oxygen gas?
List the two other names for the Light-Independent Reactions
What is 1) The Calvin Cycle, 2) The Dark Reactions?
List the three major factors that affect rates of photosynthesis
What are 1) light levels, 2) temperature, and 3) CO2 concentrations?
This is the definition of carbon fixation AND when this occurs during photosynthesis
What is ' the process of transforming gaseous, inaccessible carbon into a solid, accessible form of carbon called glucose - occurs during the Calvin Cycle?'
This protein is found at the end of every electron transport chain and acts as both a _____________ protein and a ________________ protein
What is ATP Synthase/acts as an ENZYME and a TRANSPORT protein?
Define a pigment and list the most commonly-used pigment on land
What is 'an organic molecule capable of absorbing radiant energy; Chlorophyll?'
These are the five basic parts of the chloroplast organelle
What is 1) outer membrane, 2) inner membrane, 3) thylakoids, 4) stroma, and 5) granum?
Briefly explain the differences between CAM and C4 photosynthesis
What is 'CAM plants separate light and dark reactions over time; C4 plants separate light and dark reactions across space?'
These are the three products of photolysis AND why photolysis occurs during photosynthesis
What is 'the three products of photolysis are oxygen gas, free electrons, and hydrogen ions; photolysis occurs to strip electrons from water molecules in order to replenish the electrons lost in chlorophyll?'
List the three products of the light reactions of photosynthesis AND what happens to each of these products
What are 1) oxygen gas (released through stomata as a waste product), 2) ATP (used to power the Calvin cycle), and 3) NADPH (used to power the Calvin cycle)?