Photosynthesis Study Guide |
Give several examples of life processes that require energy. |
What is the major light absorbing pigment in plants? |
What two things are formed by plants when carbon dioxide & water are combined using sunlight as the energy? |
Clusters of light absorbing pigments located in the thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast are called what? |
Do all organisms require energy? |
Are all wavelengths of sunlight absorbed by a plant to make sugar? Explain. |
Only ___________, not heterotrophs, carry on photosynthesis. |
When the products of one chemical reaction are used as the reactants for the next reaction, the series of reactions is known as a ___________________ pathway. |
Plants cells use light to make what two energy carrying molecules? |
What sugar is the final product of photosynthesis? |
Electrons are transported from one molecule to another by __________ atoms. |
Can the dark reactions of photosynthesis occur during the daytime or only in the dark? |
C4 and CAM plants use less water to make sugar than __________ plants. |
How do heterotrophs obtain their energy? |
What is the original source of energy for all living things on earth? |
Stacks of thylakoids called grana are suspended in the fluid inside chloroplasts called __________. |
Light travels to plants as tiny packets of radiant energy called _________. |
Chlorophyll of plants looks green because green light is ______________ to your eye. |
What happens to the electrons of chlorophyll when they are stuck by sunlight? |
What gas is put back into our atmosphere by photosynthesis? |
Complex carbohydrates are made during what cycle during photosynthesis? |
What pigments give flower petals their colors? |
Electrons raised to a higher energy level when struck by light enter what chain? |
What important energy carrier molecule in photosynthesis picks up hydrogen atoms? |
Oxygen made during photosynthesis comes from the splitting of what molecule? |