Light energy

from the sun

Source of

 energy for plants & algae?

autotroph

An organism that can capture energy

from sunlight or chemicals & use

it to produce its own food from

inorganic compounds;

a.k.a. a producer

 heterotroph

An organism that obtains energy

from the foods it consumes;

also called a consumer

 adenosine

triphosphate

(ATP)

 One of the principal chemical

compounds that all living things

use to store energy;  not a

lot of it is kept "on hand"

by cells because it doesn't store

energy for very long.

ATP, NADPH, & O₂

3 Products of the

light-dependent reactions.

 
Calvin cycle

Part of photosynthesis that uses ATP &

NADPH from the light-dependent reactions

to produce high-energy sugars.

Thylakoid

Membranes

A sac-like body in chloroplasts made

of photosynthetic membranes that contain photosystems II & I; location of

the light dependant reactions.

 Stroma

A region outside the thylakoid

membranes but inside of a chloroplast;

location of the Calvin Cycle.

NADP⁺

The carrier molecule that accepts a pair of high-energy electrons at the end of the electron transport chain in the light-dependent reactions. 

light-dependent

reactions

 Reactions of photosynthesis that

use energy from light to produce

ATP, NADPH, & O₂

ATP

synthase

Large protein that uses energy from H⁺ ions to bind ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP in the light-dependent reactions.

P.G.A.

With 2 turns of the Calvin Cycle, what is the chemical abbreviation for the name of the 12, 3 carbon compound intermediates that develops as a result of the splitting of the 6, 6 carbon compounds?

P.G.A.L.

High energy, 3 carbon intermediate

of the Calvin Cycle that is produced

as a result of the breakdown of

12 ATP & 12 NADPH.

van Helmont

Scientists that in 1643 incorrectly determined

that the increase in mass in a tree over a 5 year period was a result of watering it regularly.  

Priestley

Scientists that in 1771 determined

that there was a substance secreted by

plants that enabled a candle to burn longer

when grown under a bell jar.

Ingenhousz

Scientist that in 1779 determined

that plants only secrete oxygen in

the presence of light.

Chlorophyll A & B

2 types of chlorophyll that absorb

a lot of light in the blue & red

regions of the visible spectrum.

Carotene

Beside chlorophyll, plants may

contain red or orange light trapping

pigments such as...