AP Bio Photosynthesis | Questions And Answers Latest {2024- 2025} A+ Graded | 100%
Verified
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis in words? - water+carbon dioxide+light=oxygen and
sugar
What is the primary pigment found in cells that capture the sun's energy? - chlorophyll
What reaction occurs in thylakoids? - light-dependent
Where does the calvin cycle occur? - stroma
What two type of energies does the calvin cycle use? - ATP and NADPH
What does the calvin cycle do? - converts carbon dioxide into sugars
what molecule does light-dependent reactions split and what does it produce? - water and oxygen
What does light-dependent reactions convert? - ADP and NADP+ into ATP and NADPH
What three factors affect the rate of photosynthesis? - intensity of light, amount of water, temperature
carbon fixation - converting carbon dioxide into sugars
redox reaction - requires energy
what type of reaction is carbon fixation? - redox reaction
what happens in light reactions - one molecule of chlorophyll absorbs one photon and loses one
electron
Verified
What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis in words? - water+carbon dioxide+light=oxygen and
sugar
What is the primary pigment found in cells that capture the sun's energy? - chlorophyll
What reaction occurs in thylakoids? - light-dependent
Where does the calvin cycle occur? - stroma
What two type of energies does the calvin cycle use? - ATP and NADPH
What does the calvin cycle do? - converts carbon dioxide into sugars
what molecule does light-dependent reactions split and what does it produce? - water and oxygen
What does light-dependent reactions convert? - ADP and NADP+ into ATP and NADPH
What three factors affect the rate of photosynthesis? - intensity of light, amount of water, temperature
carbon fixation - converting carbon dioxide into sugars
redox reaction - requires energy
what type of reaction is carbon fixation? - redox reaction
what happens in light reactions - one molecule of chlorophyll absorbs one photon and loses one
electron
