Ch. 8 - Photosynthesis

What high energy molecule is the final product of photosynthesis?

• Oxygen

• ATP

• NADPH

• Glucose

• Water

Organisms that make their own food

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

Stroma --

• Stacks of flattened sacs of thylakoid membrane

• Contains chlorophyll

• Particle of light

• Semiliquid surrounding thylakoid membranes

Only pigment that can act directly to convert light energy to chemical energy

• Chlorophyll b

• Carotenoids

• Chlorophyll a

• Phycobiliproteins

Molecules that absorb light energy in the visible range

• Pigments

• Photons

• Energy

• Electrons

Light Independent Reactions do not require light

• True

• False

If a plant had non-functioning mitochondria, it could still successfully complete photosynthesis?

• True

• False

A particle of light is a ____.

• Wave

• Grana

• Photon

• Proton

• Neutron

What is the function of Rubisco?

• Absorption of photon energy

• Carbon fixation

• Reduction of NADP+

• Chemiosmosis

• Harvesting electrons from water