Photosynthesis Reading Objectives Ch. 10
Big Ideas of the Chapter:
How is light used to make chemical energy?
What processes occur in the light reactions? Calvin Cycle?
How have plants adapted photosynthesis to work in different environments?
Photosynthesis -
Autotroph -
Heterotroph -
Chlorophyll -
Mesophyll -
What is the function of the Stomata?
Diagram a chloroplast below. Labe the different parts, and describe their functions.
Write the balanced chemical equation of photosynthesis:
Why is water split in photosynthesis?
What are the two stages of photosnythesis?
What is the role of NADP+?
Photophosphorylation -
What is carbon fixation?
Briefly describe the process of the light reactions and the Calvin Cycle.
What does a spectrophotometer do? How has it been used to study photosynthesis?
Absorption Spectrum -
Chlorophyll -
Chlorophyll b -
What is a photosystem? What is it composed of?
What does it mean for chlorophyll to become excited?
Give me an overview of the path an electron takes through photosystem II and I (linear).
Compare and contrast linear electron flow to cyclic electron flow.
Compare and contrast chemiosmosis between photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
What happens in the Calvin Cycle? Walk me through the phases.
What is photorespiration?
Compare normal photosynthesis to C4 plants and CAM plants. Where are these types of plants found? Examples?