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Photosynthesis Vocabulary #1
AP Biology 2015 - 2016
Set #1
1.
2.
TERM
Mesophyll
Calvin cycle
A.
B.
3.
Rubisco
C.
4.
PEP Carboxylase
D.
5.
Bundle sheath cells
E.
6.
Chemiosmosis
F.
DEFINITION
source of electrons for the light reactions
cells found around leaf veins that perform the Calvin cycle in C4
plants - obtains carbon dioxide from an organic acid
pigment that reflects blue-green light and converts solar energy to
chemical energy
series of reactions that generate organic molecules using carobn
dioxide and short-term energy storing molecules
enzyme that can fix even low concentrations of carbon dioxide - but
at the price of using more energy than Rubisco
part of a leaf that is full of chloroplasts
7.
G3P
G.
H+ ion gradient is used to generate ATP during the light reactions
8.
Water
H.
9.
Carbon dioxide
I.
10.
Photosystem II
J.
the source of carbon atoms for the organic molecules produced in
photosynthesis
three-carbon sugar that is the main product of the Calvin cycle and
can be used to produce many different organic molecules
pores in a leaf that allow gas exchange to take place
11.
Stomata
K.
the enzyme responsible for carbon fixation
12.
Carotenoid
L.
13.
Chlorophyll a
M.
The first photosystem in the process that passes electrons to the
ETC chain
accessory pigment that reflects yellow and orange light and is also
involved in photoprotection
1.
TERM
Carbon fixation
A.
2.
Photosystem I
B.
3.
Mesophyll cells
C.
4.
D.
5.
Electron Transport
Chain
Chlorophyll b
6.
Oxygen
F.
7.
NADPH
G.
8.
RuBP
H.
plants that use a more efficient enzyme (but requires more energy)
than Rubisco to fix carbon dioxide
the 5 carbon molecule that is joined with carbon dioxide in the
Calvin cycle
waste product of the light reactions
9.
Light Reactions
I.
The second photosystem in the process that creates NADPH
10.
C4 Plants
J.
11.
Photorespiration
K.
series of reactions that generate short-term energy storing
molecules using light energy
electron carrier of photosynthesis
12.
C3 Plants
L.
13.
CAM Plants
M.
Set #2
E.
DEFINITION
located between the two photosystems - uses electrons to pump H+
ions into the thylakoid
the most common type of plants that do not have adaptations to
avoid photorespiration
accessory pigment that reflects yellow-green light and absorbs light
missed by the primary photosynthetic pigment
cells around bundle sheath cells in C4 plants - uses PEP
carboxylase to fix carbon dioxide into organic acid
process by which inorganic carbon is joined to organic molecules
plants that perform carbon fixation at night when stomata can be
open - carbon is fixed to an organic acid used during the day
a process plants use to rescue the wasteful oxygenation of RuBP by
Rubisco when there is an absence of carbon dioxide
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Set #3
1.
TERM
Light Reactions
A.
2.
Bundle sheath cells
B.
3.
Photosystem II
C.
4.
Chlorophyll b
D.
5.
Carbon dioxide
E.
6.
Water
F.
7.
Carbon fixation
G.
8.
RuBP
H.
9.
Chemiosmosis
I.
10.
J.
11.
Electron Transport
Chain
G3P
12.
C3 Plants
L.
13.
PEP Carboxylase
M.
14.
Mesophyll
N.
cells found around leaf veins that perform the Calvin cycle in C4
plants - obtains carbon dioxide from an organic acid
The first photosystem in the process that passes electrons to the
ETC chain
the 5 carbon molecule that is joined with carbon dioxide in the
Calvin cycle
three-carbon sugar that is the main product of the Calvin cycle and
can be used to produce many different organic molecules
source of electrons for the light reactions
15.
Photorespiration
O.
The second photosystem in the process that creates NADPH
16.
C4 Plants
P.
electron carrier of photosynthesis
17.
Mesophyll cells
Q.
H+ ion gradient is used to generate ATP during the light reactions
18.
Photosystem I
R.
19.
CAM Plants
S.
20.
NADPH
T.
plants that use a more efficient enzyme (but requires more energy)
than Rubisco to fix carbon dioxide
the source of carbon atoms for the organic molecules produced in
photosynthesis
waste product of the light reactions
21.
Rubisco
U.
22.
Carotenoid
V.
23.
Oxygen
W.
24.
Chlorophyll a
X.
25.
Stomata
Y.
26.
Calvin cycle
Z.
K.
DEFINITION
plants that perform carbon fixation at night when stomata can be
open - carbon is fixed to an organic acid used during the day
cells around bundle sheath cells in C4 plants - uses PEP
carboxylase to fix carbon dioxide into organic acid
the enzyme responsible for carbon fixation
accessory pigment that reflects yellow and orange light and is also
involved in photoprotection
process by which inorganic carbon is joined to organic molecules
pigment that reflects blue-green light and converts solar energy to
chemical energy
the most common type of plants that do not have adaptations to
avoid photorespiration
series of reactions that generate organic molecules using carobn
dioxide and short-term energy storing molecules
part of a leaf that is full of chloroplasts
located between the two photosystems - uses electrons to pump H+
ions into the thylakoid
series of reactions that generate short-term energy storing
molecules using light energy
a process plants use to rescue the wasteful oxygenation of RuBP by
Rubisco when there is an absence of carbon dioxide
pores in a leaf that allow gas exchange to take place
accessory pigment that reflects yellow-green light and absorbs light
missed by the primary photosynthetic pigment
enzyme that can fix even low concentrations of carbon dioxide - but
at the price of using more energy than Rubisco
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