McGraw Hill 8th Edition by Sylvia S. Mader. 25 Vocab
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| 107968355 | Absorption spectrum | The various portions of visible light that pigments are capable of absorbing | 107968355 | |
| 107968356 | Action spectrum | The data of the measure of the rate of photosynthesis at each wavelength of light that are plotted on a graph results in ght record of the action spectrum of photosynthesis in plants. | 107968356 | |
| 107968357 | ATP synthase | Enzyme that is part of an ATP synthase complex and functions in the production of ATP in chloroplasts and mitochondria | 107968357 | |
| 107968358 | C3 plant | Plant that fixes carbon dioxide via the Calvin cycle; the first stable product of C3 photosynthesis is a 3-carbon compound. | 107968358 | |
| 107968359 | C4 plant | Plant that fixes carbon dioxide to produce a c4 molecule that releases carbon dioxide to the Calvin cycle | 107968359 | |
| 107968360 | Calvin cycle reaction | Portion of photosynthesis that takes place in the stroma of chloroplasts and can occur in the dark; it uses the products of the light reactions to reduce CO2 to a carbohydrate | 107968360 | |
| 107968361 | CAM | Plant that fixes carbon dioxide at night to produce a C4 molecule that releases carbon dioxide to the Calvin cycle during the day; CAM stands for crassulacean-acid metabolism | 107968361 | |
| 107968362 | Carbon dioxide fixation | Photosynthetic reaction in which carbon dioxide is attached to an organic compound. | 107968362 | |
| 107968363 | Carotenoid | Yellow or orange pigment that serves as an accessory to chlorophyll in photosynthesis | 107968363 | |
| 107968364 | Chemiosmosis | Ability of certain membranes to use a hydrogen ion gradient to drive ATP formation. | 107968364 | |
| 107968365 | Chlorophyll | Green pigment that absorbs solar energy and is important in algal and plant photosynthesis; occurs as chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b. | 107968365 | |
| 107968366 | Chloroplast | Membrane-bounded organelle in algae and plants with chlorophyll-containing membranous thylakoids; where photosynthesis takes place | 107968366 | |
| 107968367 | Cyclic electron pathway | Portion of the light reaction that involves only photysystem I and generates ATP | 107968367 | |
| 107968368 | Electron transport system | Passage of electrons along a series of membrane-bounded electron carrier molecules from a high to lower energy level; the energy released is used for the synthesis of ATP. | 107968368 | |
| 107968369 | Granum | Stack of chlorophyll-containing thylakoids in a chloroplast | 107968369 | |
| 107968370 | Light reaction | Portion of photosynthesis that captures solar energy and takes place in thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts; produces ATP and NADPH. | 107968370 | |
| 107968371 | Noncycylic electron pathway | Portion of the light reactions of photosynthesis that involves both photosystem and I and photosystem II. It generates both ATP and NADPH | 107968371 | |
| 107968372 | Photorespiration | Series of reaction that occurs in plants when carbon dioxide levels are depleted but oxygen continues to accumulate and the enzyme RuBP carboxylase fixes oxygen instead of carbon dioxide | 107968372 | |
| 107968373 | Photosynthesis | Process occurring usually within chloroplast whereby chlorophyll-containing organelles trap solar energy to reduce carbon dioxide to carbohydrate. | 107968373 | |
| 107968374 | Photoysystem | Photosynthetic unit where solar energy is absorbed and high-energy electrons are generated; contains a pigment complex an electron acceptor; occurs as PS I and PS II | 107968374 | |
| 107968375 | RuBP carboxylase | An enzyme that starts the Calvin cycle reaction by catalyzing attachment of the carbon atom form CO2 to RuBP | 107968375 | |
| 107968376 | Stomata | Small openings between the between two guard cells on the underside of leaf epidermis through which gases pass. | 107968376 | |
| 107968377 | Stroma | Fluid within a chloroplast that contains enzymes involved in the synthesis of carbohydrates during photosynthesis | 107968377 | |
| 107968378 | Thylakoid | Flattened sac within a granum whose membrane contains chlorophyll and where the light reactions of photosynthesis occur | 107968378 | |
| 107968379 | Visible light | Portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye | 107968379 |
