Accessory Pigments and More
orange, brown, red accessory pigments are called this...
What are carotenoids?
sacs stacked on top of each other
What is grana?
Where does the light dependent reaction occur?
What is in the thylakoid membrane?
another name for the light independent reaction
What is the Calvin Cycle?
make their own food
What is an autotroph?
component colors of white light
What is the visible spectrum?
series of flattened sacs
What are thylakoids?
Name the reactants of the light dependent reaction
What are light energy and water?
Who discovered the light independent reaction?
Who is Melvin Calvin?
must obtain their food from other organisms
What is a heterotroph?
leaves lose color in the fall because of this...
What is loss of chlorophyll?
solution surrounding the thylakoids
What is the stroma?
in the light dependent reactions light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll in this....and then is passed down the ETC to this.....
What are photosystem II and photosystem I?
place where the light independent reactions occur
What is the stroma?
corn is an example of a plant that does this type of photosynthesis
What is the C4 pathway?
most important energy storage compound that is used by every living cell
What is ATP?
name the difference between chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b
What is their molecular structure?
Where does oxygen come from in the light dependent reaction?
What is from splitting a water molecule?
These products of the light dependent reaction are essential for the light independent reactions
What are ATP and NADPH?
a cactus is an example of a plant that does this type of photosynthesis
What is the CAM pathway?
role of accessory pigments
What is to absorb more light energy?
Chlorophyll a absorbs this type of light
What is red?
Products of the light reaction (3)
What are oxygen, ATP, and NADPH?
reactant and products of the light independent reactions
What are carbon dioxide and glucose or other carbs
opening on the underside of a leaf surrounded by guard cells
What is the stomata?