Photosynthesis

ATP & NADPH

The light reactions of photosynthesis supply the Calvin cycle with

Pigments

Molecules that absorb light energy

the electron transport chain (Photosynthesis)

After light energy is absorbed, electrons travel through a series of molecules in the thylakoid membrane

splitting a water molecule

When pigments loose an electron to the electron transport chain, it is replaced from

membrane of the thylakoid

The light reactions happen in the

thylakoid

some energy from the electron transport chain is used to pump hydrogen ions into the

NADPH

At the end of the electron transport chain, this is created as a form of energy

Grana

when thylakoids are stacked, what is their formation called

ATP Synthase

When thylakoids fill up with hydrogen ions, they escape through

Stroma

Calvin Cycle, also known as the dark reactions occur here

fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids

Stroma

CO2

The calvin cycle makes glucose using ATP, NADPH, and

G3P

The 3-carbon sugar made by the Calvin Cycle

Rubisco

The enzyme that attaches CO2 to a 5-carbon molecule

RuBP

a 5-carbon molecule found at the beginning and end of the Calvin cycle

carbon fixation

The first stage of the Calvin cycle, ends with a 6-carbon compound

Reduction

The second stage of the Calvin cycle, ends with G3P

Regeneration

The third stage of the Calvin cycle, ends with RuBP