heterotrophs
an animal who eats other organism
autotroph
something that makes its own food
stroma
nutrient rich liquid in chlorplast
granum
stack of thylakoids
thylakoid
internal membrane structures
where do light reactions occur?
in the thylakoid
where does the calvin cycle occur?
in the stroma
photosynthesis equation
6CO2+ 6H2O (in the presence of sunlight)= C6H12O6+ 6O2
step 1 of light reactions
sun energy in photosystem II is transferred to chlorophyll
step 2 of light reactions
energy from other chlorophyll bumps out an excited electron from the middle chlorophyll
step 3 of light reactions
water is split into 2H+ and O, the electron is sent to replace the previous one that was bumped out of the chlorophyll
step 4 of light reactions
electron is passed through an electron transport chain which pumps hydrogen ions across cell membrane
step 5 of light reactions
light energy excites chlorophyll in photosystem and another excited electron is bumped out of middle chlorophyll. Chlorophyll's electron is replaced by previous electron from P680.
reduction reaction
gaining hydrogen
oxidation reaction
loss of hydrogen
step 6 of light reactions
excited electrons are passed onto NADP+ and H+, a reduction reaction happens and it becomes NADPH.
step 7 of light reactions
H+ ions diffuse across the membrane into the enzyme ATP synthase
step 8 of light reactions
ATP and NADPH move from the thylakoid membrane into the stroma
step 1 of calvin cycle
enzyme rubisco combines CO2 and RuBP to make an unstable 6 carbon sugar intp 6 3-PGA
step 2 of calvin cycle
6 NADPH releases electrons and a hydrogen (NADP+) and 6 ATP releases energy (ADP + P) to each 6 3-PGA, forming 6 G3P
step 3 of calvin cycle
five of the G3P is being reused in the cycle, one of the G3P is pushed aside to make glucose
step 4 of calvin cycle
a series of reactions that use 3 ATP from light reactions from the light reactions convert the 5 G3P into 3 RuBP to be used to restart the cycle
rubisco
enzyme that combines CO2 and RuBP together
excited electron
an electron that gets added energy to it