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Bio II Ch. 7 Vocabulary

Matching
 
 
a.
photosynthesis
d.
visible light
b.
photons
e.
action spectrum
c.
electromagnetic spectrum
f.
absorption spectrum
 

 1. 

portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that humans can see
 

 2. 

a discrete packet of light energy
 

 3. 

wavelengths used for photosynthesis
 

 4. 

solar radiation that is divided by wavelength
 

 5. 

solar energy in the form of light is converted to the chemical bond energy of carbohydrates
 

 6. 

production rate of oxygen at each wavelength of light
 
 
a.
chloroplast
e.
chlorophyll
b.
stroma
f.
light-dependent reactions
c.
thylakoids
g.
light-independent reactions
d.
granum
 

 7. 

plant organelle where photosynthesis takes place
 

 8. 

pigments that absorb solar energy and energize electrons
 

 9. 

flattened sacs within the stroma
 

 10. 

synthesis reactions; use ATP and NADPH to reduce carbon dioxide
 

 11. 

energy capturing reaction; uses sunlight to make ATP and NADPH
 

 12. 

a double membrane surrounding a large central compartment
 

 13. 

a stack of thylakoids
 
 
a.
photosystem
e.
cyclic electron pathway
b.
photophosphorylation
f.
electron transport system
c.
cyclic photophosphorylation
g.
non-cyclic electron pathway
d.
non-cyclic photophosphorylation
 

 14. 

ATP production during photosynthesis
 

 15. 

electrons move from water to PS II to PS I to NADP+
 

 16. 

ATP production during the non-cyclic electron pathway
 

 17. 

a series of carriers that pass electrons from one to another
 

 18. 

a pigment complex made up of chlorophyll A, B, and accessory pigments
 

 19. 

production of ATP during cyclic electron pathway
 

 20. 

high energy electrons leave the PS I reaction center and come back to it
 
 
a.
Calvin cycle
h.
C3 plants
b.
glucose phosphate
i.
C4 plants
c.
PGAL
j.
CAM plants
d.
PGA
k.
PEPCase
e.
RuBP
l.
RuBP carboxylase
f.
PGAP
m.
photorespiration
g.
carbon dioxide fixation
 

 21. 

the attachment of carbon dioxide to an organic compound
 

 22. 

formed from 2 PGAL’s
 

 23. 

plants that fix carbon dioxide directly and form PGA
 

 24. 

when C3 plants have RuBP pick up oxygen instead of CO2 during hot temperatures
 

 25. 

reduction of CO2 occuring in the stroma of a chloroplast by a series of reactions
 

 26. 

intermediate step in the reduction of PGA to PGAL; 1, 3-bisphosphoglycerate
 

 27. 

an enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide to form PGA in C3 plants
 

 28. 

a 5 carbon molecule that combines with carbon dioxide; ribulose bisphosphate
 

 29. 

plants that fix carbon dioxide at night form a C4 molecule
 

 30. 

a 3 carbon molecule formed by the immediate breakdown from carbon dioxide fixation; 3-phosphoglycerate
 

 31. 

an enzyme that fixes carbon dioxide to PEP to form oxaloacetate in C4 plants
 

 32. 

plants that fix carbon dioxide indirectly and form a C4 molecule before the Calvin cycle
 

 33. 

product of the Calvin cycle that can be converted to all sorts of organic molecules; glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
 



 
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