Vocabulary
The main pigment in plants that absorbs light
Chlorophyll
Photosynthesis takes place in this organelle.
Chloroplast
What type of energy powers the light reactions?
Sunlight
Another name for the Calvin Cycle is the _______________________ reactions.
Light Dependent
What is the equation for photosynthesis in words?
Water + Carbon Dioxide yields Glucose + Oxygen
The tiny openings on a leaf where gases are exchanged
Stomata
The fluid-filled space surrounding the thylakoids where the Calvin Cycle takes place
Stroma
What molecule is split during the light reactions?
Water
Where in the chloroplast does the Calvin Cycle occur?
The stroma
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?
6CO2 + 6H2O (yields) C6H12O6 + 6O2
Molecules that carry high-energy electrons during photosynthesis.
NADPH & ATP
The membrane sacs where light-dependent reactions occur
Thylakoid
What gas is released during the light reactions?
Oxygen
What molecule enters the Calvin Cycle from the atmosphere?
Carbon Dioxide
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
The process of using sunlight to make food.
Photosynthesis
Which part of the chloroplast is green because of chlorophyll?
Leaves
What two energy energy carrier molecules are made during the light reactions?
NADPH & ATP
What is the main product of the Calvin Cycle?
Glucose
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and Oxygen
The stacks of thylakoids inside the chloroplast.
Photosynthesis
Label the parts of a chloroplast
Point to storms and thylakoid
Why are the light reactions necessary for the Calvin Cycle?
The energy carrying molecules made in the light reactions are used to power the Calvin Cycle.
Explain how ATP and NADPH are used in the Calvin Cycle.
They are used to power the reaction, and cycled back to the light dependent reactions as ADP and NADP+.
Word for an organism that can make its own food.
Producer / autotroph