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| photosynthetic organisms, including plans, algae, and cyanobacteria are called autotrophs because they produce their own food (carbohydrates). |
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| Photosynthesis occurs in the chloroplast . membrane-bounded organel in algae and plants with chlorophyll-containing membranous thylakoids. |
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| Flattened sac within a granum whose membrane contains chlorophyll and where the light reactions of photosynthesis occurs. |
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| Fluid within a chloroplast that contains enzymes involved in the synthesis of carbohydrates during photosynthesis. |
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| Small openings between two guard cells on the underside of lead epidermis through which gas passes. |
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| Photosynthesis is a redox reactions that releases O2. Oxidation is the loss of an electron, reduction is the gain of an electron - together the process is called a redox reaction. |
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| Portion of photosynthesis that captures solar energy and takes place on thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts; it produces ATP and NADPH. |
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| Light Dependent Reactions |
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| Water and sunlight used to form ATP andNADHP. |
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| Light Independent Reactions |
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– Products of light dependent reaction required to
run Calvin cycle
– ATP & NADPH used to fix carbon to produce glucose
– CO2 reduced to form CH2O |
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| Portion of photosynthesis that takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts and can occur in the dark, it uses the products of light reactions to reduce CO2 and carbohydrate. |
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| Nicotinamude adenine dinucleotide phosphate. NADP+ accepts electrons and hydrogen ion derived from water. |
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| After NADP accepts an electron it becomes NADPH. ATP and NADPH produced in the light reactions are used by the Calvin Cycle. |
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| Photosynthetic unit where solar energy is absorbed and high energy electrons are generated; contains a pigment complex and an electron acceptor |
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| ETC - passage of electrons along a series of membrane-bounded carrier molecules from a higher to lower energy level; the energy released is used for the synthesis of ATP |
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| positive subatomic particle, located in the nucleus and having a weight of approx. one atomic mass unit |
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| complex formed of enzymes and their carrier proteins; functions in the production of ATP in chloroplasts and mitochondria |
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| Describe the Process of Photosynthesis |
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