Name:_________________________________________________
Photosynthesis Simulations
Activity 7A: The Site of Photosynthesis
A plant’s main photosynthetic organ is a ______________________________________.
Leaves must allow ______________________________________ to enter the plant so that
photosynthesis can take place.
Leaves have to limit the loss of ________________________.
Leaves also allow for the release of ________________________________ which is a waste
product of photosynthesis.
____________________________________ cells of the leaf are specialized for photosynthesis.
These cells contain many _________________________________________ which are organelles
that perform photosynthesis.
Mesophyll cells have the following structures:
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______________________________ which regulates what can enter and exit the cell
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______________________________ which provides structure and support
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______________________________ which directs the cells activities
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______________________________ which is the fluid that surrounds organelles and is
the site of many chemical reactions
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______________________________ which are the organelles of photosynthesis
The chloroplast is a double membrane structure that contains additional
membranes called _______________________________________
Stacks of thylakoids are called ___________________________________
The fluid surround thylakoids is called _______________________________
Activity 7B: Overview of Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis coverts ______________________________ energy into _________________________
energy in the form of ________________________________.
Photosynthesis requires _________________________ and ______________________________.
Photosynthesis produces _________________________ and __________________________________.
Of the two products the __________________________ is a waste product of photosynthesis.
The equation for photosynthesis is:
__________________ +___________________
__________________+________________
In plants, photosynthesis occurs in __________________________, mainly in leaf cells.
The ______________________________ _________________________________ take occur in the
thylakoid membranes of a chloroplast.
The sugar-making reactions of the _________________________ ________________________ occur
in the stroma.
In the light reactions, ___________________________ is absorbed by __________________________
molecules exiting their _______________________________.
The energy of excited electrons is then used to join ADP and P to form ______________.
NADP+ joints with excited electrons to form _________________________.
NADPH and ATP are forms of __________________ that will be used in the Calvin Cycle.
During the light reactions, ____________ is split and ______________________ is released.
In the Calvin cycle, energy from ____________________ and _____________________ made in
the light reactions and___________________________ are combined to produce
___________________ molecules.