Photosynthesis: Key Processes, Equations, and Structures

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

6 carbon dioxide + 6 water + sunlight -----> glucose + 6 oxygen

What does chlorophyll do for the plant?

Has a green pigment and absorbs sunlight that energizes electrons.

Water splits into _______, ________ and _______

Oxygen, hydrogen ions, and electrons

What are the products of the light-dependent reactions?

ATP, NADPH, and O2

Where does LDR happen?

Thylakoid membranes (inside chloroplast)

What is the connection between LDR and the LIR/Calvin cycle?

LDR captures light energy and turns it into chemical energy (ATP and NADPH) that will be used for the Calvin Cycle

Where does LIR/Calvin cycle take place?

The stroma (fluid outside of chloroplasts)

What are the reactants of LIR?

CO2, ATP, NADPH

What are the products of LIR?

glucose

How is ADP turned into ATP?

Using energy from sunlight. ATP Synthase then adds a phosphate group

How is ATP used in LIR and LDR?

ATP is made in LDR, and it powers the chemical reactions that take place in LIR. And the ATP then loses a phosphate when it releases energy.