BIO 2137 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Accessory Pigment, Chloroplast

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Photosynthesis is the process that converts light energy to chemical energy (ex. sugar) using carbon dioxide and water. Photo = light, synthesis = to build. Sunlight is the ultimate source of energy in almost all ecosystems on earth. 250 billion metric tons of sugar produced by photosynthesis per year. Convert solar energy to chemical energy (energy-transduction reactions) Makes sugar from carbon dioxide (carbon-fixation reactions) The reactants and products of the reaction. Chloroplasts are organelles that are located inside cells. Each square millimeter of leaf = 500,000 chloroplasts. Thylakoids are stacked to absorb all the energy of light. Light has properties of waves and particles. Sunlight is part of a continuum of radiation known as the electromagnetic spectrum. Electromagnetic energy travels through space in waves. Light also behaves as particles, known as photons (discrete packets of energy) For light energy to be used, it must be absorbed by a pigment. These absorbed wavelengths determine the pigment"s absorption spectrum.

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