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Where does the light reaction occur? |
Chloroplasts in the thylakoids |
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Where does the dark reaction occur? |
Chloroplasts in the stroma |
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What are the end products of photosynthesis |
Glucose and oxygen |
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What is produced in photsystem 1? |
ATP and hydrogen |
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What is replenished in photosystem 2? |
Electrons |
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What is the end product in the dark reaction ? |
Glucose |
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What is another name for the dark reaction |
The Calvin Cylce |
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What substances are produced in the light reaction but used in the dark reaction ? |
ATP and hydrogen |
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What is released in to the atmosphere in the light reaction |
Oxygen |
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What reactants must be present for photosynthesis to occur |
Carbon dioxide, water , and sunlight |
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What is oxidized in the process of photosynthesis |
Water |
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The ___ is the cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place |
Chloroplasts |
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What are light catching membranes in the chloroplasts |
Thylakoids |
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Stacks of thylakoids in the chloroplasts |
Grana |
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_____ energy travels through space as rhythmic waves |
Electromagnetic |
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Sugar is made in the ___ cycle |
Calvin |
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The Calvin cycle occurs in the |
Stroma |
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___ is the green pigment in the leaf |
Chlorophyll |
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Carbon dioxide enters the leaf via pores called |
Stomata |
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Shorter wavelengths of light have ___ energy than longer wavelength |
More |
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What is a cluster of light harvesting complexes in a thylakoid? |
Photosystem |
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What is a fixed quantity of light energy? |
Photon |
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Process by which plants make food from CO2 and water |
Photosynthesis |
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The color of light is related to its _____ |
Wavelength |
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Source of energy for photosynthesis |
light |
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Carbon ___ is the incorporation of carbon dioxide into organic compounds |
Fixation |
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The reaction ________ complex is the part of a photsystem that donates excited electrons |
Center |
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What are yellow orange pigments found in chloroplasts |
Carotenoids |
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What is the green tissue found on the interior of the leaf? |
Mesophyll |
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Organism that makes its own food from inorganic molecules |
Autotrophs |
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Photosynthesis occurs in how many main stages? |
Two |
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Organisms that must obtain food from the environment |
Heterotrophs |
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A by product of photosynthesis necessary to most living organisms is |
Oxygen |
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Glucose and oxygen are products of the process called |
Photosynthesis |
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Carbon dioxide and water are products of the process called |
Cellular respiration |
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Glucose is broken down by process of |
Cellular respiration |
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Glucose is formed by the process of |
Photosynthesis |
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Carbon dioxide and water are products of the process of |
Photosynthesis |
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Light is a form of what kind of energy |
Electromagnetic |
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Light travels through space in the form of |
Waves |
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Red, blue, and yellow light differ from one another in |
Wavelength |
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Light consisting of a mixture of of all visible wavelengths appear |
White |
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The most important pigment in photosynthesis is |
Chlorophyll |
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Hemoglobin contains what? |
Iron (Fe) |
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What color is chlorophyll? |
GREEN |
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Stacked disks within the chloroplasts are called |
Grana |
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Chlorophyll are found in the |
Lamellae in the grams |