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Photosynthesis

Photosynthesis vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
Accessory Pigments capture light energy
ADP ATP synthase makes ATP by adding a phosphate group to adenosine diphosphate
ATP Synthase synthesizes ATP, found in the thylakoid membrane.
Biochemical Pathway A series of reactions.
Carotenoid compounds found in the thylakoid membrane, including yellow orange and brown
Chemiosmosis synthesis of ATP
Chlorphyll variety of pigments, located in the membrane.
ETC The first series of moleculs located in the thylakoid membrane.
granum when thylakoids are layered one on top of another to form stacks
Light Reactions The initial reactions in photosynthesis
NADP+ organic molecule that accepts electrons during redox reactions.
photosynthesis The process by which energy is transferred
photosystem Each cluster of pigment molecules.
photosystem I type of photosystem involved in light reactions
photosystem II another photosystem involved in light reactions.
pigment compound that absorbs light.
PEA substance which is a molecule in the thylakoid membrane.
Stroma solution that surrounds the thylakoids.
Visible Spectrum colors ranging from red to violet.
Wavelength the way light waves can be measured.
c3 plant plant species that fix carbon exlcusively through the Calvini Cycle. three carbon compound
c4 pathway One alternative pathway that enables certain plants to fix c02 into four carbon compounds.
Calvin Cycle second set of reactions in photosynthesis that involves a biochemical pathway.
CAM examples, cactuses, pineapples, hot dry climates. Plants that open their stomata at night and close during the day.
Carbon Fixation The incorporation of CO2 into organic compounds.
PGAL three-carbon molecule
RUBP an enzyme combines a CO2 molecule with a five carbon carbohydrate called this.
Stoma pores where water loss from a plant occurs
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