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| the process that converts solar energy into chemical energy |
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| sustain themselves without eating anything derived from other organisms |
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| obtain organic material from other organisms. |
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| The reason leaves are green, green pigment in chloroplasts. |
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| interior tissue of the leaf. |
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| where carbon dioxide enters and oxygen exists the leaf. |
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where chlorophyll is located, connected sacs in the chloroplast.
If stacked in columns they are called grana |
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| a defense interior fluid found in chloroplasts. |
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| Reverses the direction of electron flow compared to respiration, an endergonic process |
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Convert solar energy to chemical energy
- Create ATP from ADP by photophosphorylation. |
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(in the stroma) froms sugar from carbon dioxide, using ATP and nadph FROM THE LIGHT REACTIONS.
Beigins with carbon fixation incoporation carbon dioxide into carbonydrates. |
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| Electromagnetic radiation |
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| light travels in rhythmic waves, a weavelength is the distance between crests of waves. A wavelength determines the type of electromagnetic energy, the shorter the wavelenth the greater the energy. |
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| the entire range of electromagnetic energy, or radiation. |
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| Consists of wavelengths that produce colors we can see |
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| substances that absorb visible light |
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measures a pigments ability to absorb various wavelengths.
Sends light through pigments and measures the fraction of light transmitted at each wavelength. |
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| a graph plotting a pigments light absorption versus wavelength |
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| Absorption of Chlorophyll a |
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| suggests that violet-blue and red light work best for photosynthesis |
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| profiles the relative effectiveness of different wavelengths of radiation in driving a process. |
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| absorb excessive light that would damge chlorophyll. |
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| consists of reaction- center complex surrounded by light-harvesting complexes. |
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| light harvesting complexes |
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| transfer the energy of photons of the reaction center. |
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| primary electron acceptor |
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| the reaction center accepts excited electron and is reduced as a result |
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| Fist step of light reactions |
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| solar powered transer of an electron from a chlorophyll a molecule to the primary electron acceptor. |
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