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43 Cards in this Set
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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
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