QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis in words? - ANS water+carbon
dioxide+light=oxygen and sugar
What is the primary pigment found in cells that capture the sun's energy? - ANS chlorophyll
What reaction occurs in thylakoids? - ANS light-dependent
Where does the calvin cycle occur? - ANS stroma
What two type of energies does the calvin cycle use? - ANS ATP and NADPH
What does the calvin cycle do? - ANS converts carbon dioxide into sugars
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, what molecule does light-dependent reactions split and what does it produce? - ANS water
and oxygen
What does light-dependent reactions convert? - ANS ADP and NADP+ into ATP and NADPH
What three factors affect the rate of photosynthesis? - ANS intensity of light, amount of
water, temperature
carbon fixation - ANS converting carbon dioxide into sugars
redox reaction - ANS requires energy
what type of reaction is carbon fixation? - ANS redox reaction
what happens in light reactions - ANS one molecule of chlorophyll absorbs one photon and
loses one electron
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