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12 Cards in this Set
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Grana (plural)/Granum (single) |
A stack of thylakoids located in the chloroplasts. |
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Thylakoids |
A series of flattened membranous sacs in a chloroplast that contain chlorophyll and the associated molecules needed for the LDR of photosynthesis. |
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Stroma |
The matrix of chloroplasts where the LIR of photosynthesis takes place. |
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Oxidation |
A chemical reaction involving the loss of electrons. |
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Reduction |
A chemical reaction involving the gain of electrons. |
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Photolysis |
The splitting of water molecules by light, such as occurs during the LDR of photosynthesis. |
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Electron carrier |
A chain of carrier molecules along which electrons pass, releasing energy in the form of ATP as they do so. |
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Law of Limiting Factors |
At any given moment, the rate of a physiological process is limited by the factor that is at its least favourable value. |
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Calvin cycle |
A biochemical pathway that forms part of the LIR of photosynthesis, during which carbon dioxide is reduced to form carbohydrates. |
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Limiting factor |
A variable that limits the rate of a chemical reaction. |
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Light-dependent reaction |
The stage of photosynthesis in which light energy is required to produce ATP and reduced NADP. |
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Light-independent reaction |
The stage of photosynthesis which does not require light energy directly., but it does need to products of the LDR to reduce carbon dioxide and so form carbohydrates. |
