The Basics
Light Reactions
The Calvin Cycle
Energy
Misc.
100
Organisms that feed on other organisms.
What are heterotrophs
100
Needed to begin the light reactions.
What are water and light?
100
The Calvin cycle produces this ultimate product?
What are carbohydrates or sugars?
100
Particles of energy from the sun.
What are photons?
100
Greek words for "light" and "putting together".
What are photo and synthesis?
200
These organisms are called this if they carry on photosynthesis.
What is an autotroph?
200
Photosystems I and II occur here.
What is the thylakoid membrane in the chloroplast?
200
Carbon dioxide enters and leaves the chloroplast through this structure.
What is the stoma?
200
High energy storing macromolecule.
What is glocose?
200
The water gets to the leaves through these.
What are the roots and veins of the plant?
300
The products of photosynthesis are the reactants of this.
What is cellular respiration?
300
These allow photosynthetic organisms to capture solar energy.
What are pigments?
300
Recycled after the Calvin cycle to reuse in the light reactions.
What are NADP+ and ADP?
300
Solar energy can be described in terms of wavelength and its __________.
What is energy content?
300
Photoautotrophs require these three things to make their own food.
What are light, carbon dioxide, and water?
400
The cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place.
What are chloroplasts?
400
Oxidized to release oxygen and provide electrons to power the Calvin Cycle.
What is water?
400
The first step of the Calvin cycle.
What is carbon dioxide fixation or taking in carbon dioxide?
400
Pigments found within most types of photosynthesizing cells absorb these 4 types of light waves.
What are violet, indigo, blue and red light? (not green!)
400
Number of CO2, ATP, and NADPH molecules needed to make one molecule of glucose.
What is 6, 18, and 12?
500
The two sets of reactions that are involved in photosynthesis.
What are the light reactions and the Calvin cycle?
500
Light reactions absorb_________ and convert it to ________.
What solar or radiant energy and chemical energy?
500
ATP is specifically produced by this process.
What is chemiosmosis?
500
Pigments within the chloroplasts that are responsible for beautiful autumn foliage.
What are (yellow-orange) carotenoids that show through when green chlorophyll breaks down?
500
The greenhouse effect.
What is the trapping of radiant heat by CO2 and other atmospheric gases?
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