Photosynthesis

Chloroplast

Chloroplast

site for photosynthesis

Cuticle

prevents H2O loss

Vascular bundle

transports H2O and C6H12O6

Palisade Mesophyll

photosynthesis (holds chloroplast)

Spongy mesophyll

gas exchange and photosynthesis.

Stomata

regulates gas exchange H2O loss

epidermis

hydrophobic, doesn’t let water out of the leaf.

carbon fixation

first stage of calvin cycle

reduction

second stage of calvin cycle

regeneration

third stage of calvin cycle

Rubisco

an enzyme that combines RUBP and CO2

PSII

where light first hits to excite electrons

Photo excitation-

(step 1) when the elctrons become excited

Electron transport chain-

(step 2) when the excited protein from PSII goes through a bunch of different membrane proteins.

Photolysis-

(step 3) the process of splitting water, from H2O to H+, O2, and e-, this electron replaces the one in photosystem 2

Chemiosmosis-

(step 4) when the H+ ions go through the ATP synthase.

reduction in LDP-

when ADP turns into ATP, and NADP+ turns into NADPH