Photosynthesis Notes For Essentials Of Biology

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What takes energy from the sun and converts it to glucose

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Photosynthesis

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Another name for a "Light Dependant Reaction"

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Light Reaction

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Another name for a "Light Independant Reaction"

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The Dark Reaction, OR the Calvin Cycle

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What stores the light energy in the form chemical energy

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The Light Dependant Reactions

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Sun light in the form of _____ hits electrons in the _____ pigment of the chloroplast.

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Photons, Chlorophyll

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The electron is raised to an _____ _____ and is passed down the Electron Transport State

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Excited State

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As the electron moves down the _____, it's energy is harvested by _____ to make ATP.

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Electron Transport State, ADP

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As it gets close to the _____ _____, the electron is hit with more light driving it to a _____ excited state

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Ground State, Higher

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The electron then is passed down a second _____ _____ _____ for a short time

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Electron Transport State

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The electron is then taken away by an electron acceptor in a _____ reaction

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REDOX

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The electron acceptor is _____ (oxidized form) and it becomes NADPH (_____)

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NADP, Reduced Form

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NADPH acts like _____ (more energy)

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ATP

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_____ acts like ADP (less energy)

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NADP

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The electrons used in the light reactions are re-supplied by the water. Water is cleaved into 2 hydrogen _____ and 1/2 and _____ with oxygen given off as waste by the plant

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Electrons, O2

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A proton pump will move H plus across the _____ _____ to create a potential and these will be funneled through _____ _____ to make additional ATP.

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Thylakoid Membrane, ATP Synthase

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The Products of light reactions (_____ and _____) will be used in the _____ reaction

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ATP and NADPH, Dark

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What takes CO2 from the air and converts it to Glucose (6C) and other carbon compounds

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The Light Independant Reaction

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CO2 is in _____ supply, so it will _____ into the leaf into the stroma of the chloroplast

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Great, Diffuse

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The CO2 will enter the _____ _____ and bond with RuBP (5C) making the _____ molecule

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Calvin Cycle, New

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The _____ carbon molecule will split to form _____ (3C)

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6, PGA

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With additional energy from ATP and NADPH (produced by the _____ reactions) _____ (3C) is formed

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Light, PGAL

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PGAL is then converted to either _____, _____, or _____

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Carbohydrates, Amino Acids, or Lipids

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Most of the PGAl with the addition of _____ is converted to _____ so that the cycle will continue

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ATP, RuBP

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_____ uses the energy from the sun converted to chemical energy

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Photosynthesis

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Plants, algae, and certain prokaryotes carry out _____

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Photosynthesis

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ATP has _____ phosphate groups

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Three (3)

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Cells store food molecules as _____

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ATP

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Cells use ATP as _____ _____ because it can be made in one place and spent, or used in another place

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Energy Currency

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When ATP looses a phosphate, a _____ amount of energy is _____

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Large, Released

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The enzyme ATP synthase assists in the formation of ______

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ATP

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The base inside the inner mambrane chloroplast that is not membrane is the _____

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Stroma

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When electrons in chlorophyll are raised to an excited state, the electrons are transferred to an _____ _____

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Electron Carrier

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_____ pigment reflects green wavelengths of light and absorbs all other _____ of light

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Greem, Colors

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_____ which comes from the splitting of water molecules is an _____ by product of photosynthesis and because of this the atmosphere is rich oxygen.

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Oxygen, Atmospheric

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_____ ion pumps move these ions _____ the concentration gradient and help convert light energy to _____ _____

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Hydrogen, Against, Chemical Energy

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In the light reactions of _____, one type of an electron transport chain is used to make _____ and the second is used to form _____

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Photosynthesis, ATP, NADPH

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NADPH provides _____ energy electrons needed to store energy in organic molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, and _____)

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High, Amino Acids

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The _____ _____ pump of the _____ membrane creates a potential that is used with ATP Synthase to generate _____

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Hydrogen Ion (H plus), Thylakoid, ATP

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ATP and NADPH (the products of the _____ reactions) are required for the Dark Reactions by providing the _____ for the Calvin Cycle to make _____ molecules

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Light, Energy, Sugar

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The _____ _____, the final stage of photosynthesis, converts _____ into organic compounds (Carbohydrates, AMino Acids, and Lipids)

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Calvin Cycle, CO2

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As light intensity _____ the rate of photosynthesis _____ until the light saturation point is reached

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Increases, Increases

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_____ temperatures may cause photosynthesis to occur more slowly

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Low

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Carbon Dioxide Concentration, Oxygen Concentration and light intensity will all affect the rate of _____

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Photosynthesis