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Biology

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chloroplast

An organelle found in plant and algae cells where photosynthesis occurs

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photosynthesis equation

6CO2 + 12H2O + light energy --> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H2O

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pigments

molecules that absorb, reflect, or transmit light.

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chlorophyll reflects and transmits green light

chlorophyll reflects and transmits green lightleaves are green because

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absorbtion spectrum

a graph plotting a pigment's light absorption vs wavelength

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Chlorophyll a

A type of blue-green photosynthetic pigment that participates directly in the light reactions.

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chlorophyll b

An accessory photosynthetic pigment that transfers energy to chlorophyll a.

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Photosystem

consist of a reaction center complex (protein) surrounded by light harvesting complexes

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light-harvesting complex

A complex of proteins associated with pigment molecules (including chlorophyll a, chlorophyll b, and carotenoids) that captures light energy and transfers it to reaction-center pigments in a photosystem.

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primary e- acceptor

molecule capable of accepting e- and becoming reduced

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thylakoid membrane

membrane in a chloroplast where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur

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photosystem ll

functions first and is the best at absorbing a wavelength of 680 nm (P680)

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photosystem l

(P700) occurs 2nd

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linear electron flow

the primary pathway, involves both photosystems and produces ATP and NADPH using light energy

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photon

A particle of electromagnetic radiation with no mass that carries a quantum of energy

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cyclic electron flow

uses only photosystem I and produces ATP, but not NADPH

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Chemiosmosis

A process for synthesizing ATP using the energy of an electrochemical gradient and the ATP synthase enzyme.

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light reactions

reactions of photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

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Calvin Cycle

reactions of photosynthesis in which energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugars

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glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P)

glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3PCarbon enters the cycle as CO2 and leaves as a sugar named

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the cycle must take place three times, fixing 3 molecules of CO2

For net synthesis of 1 G3P

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carbon fixation, reduction, regeneration of CO2 acceptor

The Calvin cycle has three phases

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CO2, 6 NADPH, 6 ATP

reactant of calvin cycle

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G3P

product of calvin cycle

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