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What is the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis? |
6CO2(g) + 6H2O(l) = C6H12O6(s) + 6O2(g) |
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What is needed to make one simple sugar? |
6 water molecules, 18 ATP, 12 NADPH |
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What is chlorophyll a? |
- blue-green pigment - all photosynthetic organisms use it as their primary light absorbing pigment - it is the only pigment that can transfer the energy from sunlight to the reactions of photosynthesis |
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What is chlorophyll b? |
- yellow-green -acts as an accessory pigment |
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What are carotenoids? |
- other accessory pigments (red, orange, brown, etc.) |
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What is the stroma? |
Interior space between the inner and outer membrane of the chloroplast |
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What are thylakoids? |
Membrane bound sacs found within the stroma |
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What are grana? |
Stacks of thylakoids forming columns. Chloroplasts generally have about 60 grana, each consisting of 30-50 thylakoids |
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What are lamellae? |
Lone thylakoids that connect grana |
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I’m what part of the chloroplast does photosynthesis occur? |
In the stroma and thylakoid membrane |
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What do cells use glucose for? |
It is used to store energy for later use |
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What is ATP? What is it used for? |
- Adenosine triphosphate - used by all living cells to provide immediate energy for cellular functions |
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What is ATP? What is it used for? |
- Adenosine triphosphate - used by all living cells to provide immediate energy for cellular functions |
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What is ADP? |
- forms by the loss of a phosphate from ATP - energy released from this process is used for cellular processes |
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What are the stages of photosynthesis? |
1) solar energy is captured and transferred to electrons 2) Captured solar energy is used to make ATP and to transfer high energy electrons to NADP+. This forms NAPDPH, which is used as a high-energy electron carrier 3) Energy stored in ATP and the high-energy electrons carried by NADPH are used to form glucose from CO2 |
