Bio Second Quarter Quiz 2

photosynthesis

the process by which autotrophs use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water to glucose and oxygen

photons

light energy photons are very in the process of photosynthesis

chloroplasts

hold chlorophyll pigment and found inside mesophyll layer of leaves

chlorophyll

are pigments that absorb light

Chlorophyll a

initiates light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis

Chlorophyll b

is an accessory pigment that also participates in photosynthesis

Carotenoids

are yellow and orange/red accessory photosynthetic pigments

Light-dependent reactions

photo part of photosynthesis

Carbon fixation reactions

synthesis part of photosynthesis

stomata

Pores in a plant’s cuticle through which water and gases are exchanged between the plant and the atmosphere.

plastids

are the site of manufacture and storage of  important chemical compounds used by the cells of  autotrophic eukaryotes (contains pigment)

mesophyll layer

where chlorophyll pigment is found

double membrane

the chloroplast is  enveloped by a bilipid layer where  molecules pass-through

Thylakoid

it is the coin-like structure in  the chloroplast. The site of the  light-dependent reactions and is where  we can find the chlorophyll.