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The Chloroplast and

Photosynthesis

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Chloroplasts

What is the relationship between

proplastids, plastids and chloroplasts?

What do we know about the size,

shape and numbers of these

organelles in cells?

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Chloroplasts

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Chloroplasts

What are some of

the structural

features of

chloroplasts?

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Endosymbiotic Hypothesis

What led to the

formulation of this

hypothesis?

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Energy Transduction

What is the nature of light?

Is it a wave?

Is it a particle?

How is the energy of a photon of light

related to its wavelength?

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Energy Transduction

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Energy Transduction

What is involved in photoexcitation?

What may happen when a moleculeabsorbs a photon of light?

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Energy Transduction

What is the

function of the

various

photosyntheticpigments?

Where are these

pigments located?

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Energy Transduction

What are some of the important aspects

about the structure of chlorophyll?

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Energy Transduction

How many different forms of

chlorophyll exist and where are they

found?

What are the accessory pigments?

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Energy Transduction

How are

photosystems

organized?

What is the

difference

between a light

harvesting

complex and aphotosystem?

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Energy Transduction - PSII

How does the energy reaching the reaction

center of PSII affect the chlorophyll a

molecules?

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Energy Transduction PSI

What is the role of PSI?

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Energy Transduction

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Energy Transduction

What is cyclic

photophosphorylation?

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Energy Transduction

How are photosynthetic complexes

distributed in thylakoid membrane?

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The Calvin Cycle

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The Calvin Cycle

What facilitates the initial fixation of

carbon dioxide?

What is the product immediately

formed?

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The Calvin Cycle

How are the NADPH and ATP used in

this cycle?

How is ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate

regenerated to continue the cycle?

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The Calvin Cycle

How is this cycle regulated?

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Carbohydrate Synthesis

Why is very little

glucose produced

as a result of the

Calvin cycle?

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Photorespiration

What is

photorespiration?

What can the plantdo with

phosphoglycolate?

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Photorespiration

How else do plants

minimize

photorespiration?

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C3and C4Plant Anatomy

How are these

plants different

structurally?