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PHOTOSYNETHESIS
Biology B
Rhodes
Holt Ch. 9.2
Review of Carbon Cycle
CO2
RESPIRATION
combustion
decomposition
H2O
Glucose
or fuel
or organic
compound
sunlight
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Oxygen
9.2 Photosynthesis (pgs. 202 – 207)
 Harvesting
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What is the role of pigments in photosynthesis?
 Two
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Electron Transport Chains
What are the roles of the electron transport
chains? (ETC ….. vs etc. which is ‘et cetera’
or “and all” and never ect…! )
 Producing
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Sugar
How do plants make sugars and store extra
unused energy?
 Factors
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Light Energy
That Affect Photosynthesis
What are three environmental factors that
affect photosynthesis?
Harvesting Light Energy
 Electromagnetic
Radiation
 Pigments
 Electron
Carriers
Plants convert sunlight (solar energy)
into chemical energy.
This chemical energy can be used for
biological processes in nearly all living
things.
Harvesting Light Energy
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Plants, algae and a few prokaryotes capture 1% of light energy that
reaches Earth
Light energy converted to chemical bond energy
Process is called PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Chloroplast is organelle that provides surface area for
photosynthesis
CHLOROPLAST double membrane
inner membrane more selective
space inside called stroma
additional membranes
called thylakoid membranes ( sacs)
that are embedded with chlorophyll molecules
Review of Chemical Energy
 Organisms
use and store energy in chemical
bonds
 Specifically in the C-C, C-H bonds of organic
compounds
 All of this energy originally comes from the
sun
 Photosynthesis is the process used by living
organisms to use solar energy to create C-C
bonds in organic compounds
 Autotrophs
(like plants) are able to make their
own organic compounds (like carbs/’sugar’ and
amino acids for proteins and fatty acids for lipids,
etc.)
 Heterotrophs (everything else) must get their
energy and their supplies in a pre-made form.
(sugar, protein, fat and even DNA)
Light Energy
 Light
is electromagnetic radiation
 Light has dual nature: waves and particles (photons)
 Solar
energy is both light energy & heat energy
 Different
wave lengths (l) or colors
have different amounts of energy
The Splitting of Water
 Light
energy lands on, and is collected by
pigments in the photosystems, where they
“excite electrons”
 The energy splits water molecules into H2 and
O2. The O2 is released by the plant
 The H2 is further split into H+ and electrons (e-)
 Electrons are recycled to photosystems
 H+ is added to NADPH – the first energy
storing compound
Pigments
 Pigments
are chemical compounds that
absorb specific wavelengths of light. Other
colors of light are reflected.
 Chlorophyll absorbs RED and BLUE and
reflects green – so the leaves look green.
 Chlorophyll (chemical) in embedded in the
inner portions of the chloroplasts
membranes (called thylakoid membranes)
 Many other accessory pigments in most
plants, in addition to chlorophyll a and
chlorophyll b, like xanthophyll and carotene
Equation for Photosynthesis
 “using
light to make or synthesize something”
 6CO2
+ 6H2O
sunlight
C6H12O6 + 6O2
chlorophyll
 You should know this equation for all future quizzes, tests and the final exam
Chloroplast details; you drew these pictures
Electron Transport Chains
 Producing
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1. split water
2. hydrogen ion pumps (thylakoid membrane)
3. ATP synthase – move H back in other
direction
 Producing
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NADPH
Electrons are replaced
H+ added to NADP+ making NADPH
 Producing

ATP
Sugar
Carbons are glued together (C-C) this takes
energy which comes from ATP and NADPH and
requires CO2
Factors Affecting Photosynthesis
1.
2.
3.
Light intensity (longer days, brighter sunlight, closer
to equator = more photo.)
Carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration (lots of
available CO2 diffuses into stomata and spongy
mesophyll of leaves
Temperature (lots of enzymes directing these
reactions, all enzymes are proteins that function
best in specific temperature ranges)
Think about bags with grass seed….. Did you alter the
amount of light, did you alter the amount of CO2, did
you alter the temperature?
Independent Variables – Dependent Variables Controls
KEY WORDS
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Pigment
chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Thylakoid
Calvin cycle
“embedded”
Wave length
Light capturing
reactions
Carbon fixing reactions
Photosynthesis
plants
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Surface area
Light
Electron carrier
ATP
ATP synthase
- ase
- ose
Energy storing
compound
NADPH
CO2
H2O
O2
Concentration