BIOL 1001 Lecture : Bio 1001 - Ch.7 Capturing Solar Energy Photosynthesis Notes

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Chloroplasts are the sire of photosynthesis in plants chemical bond energy and stores that energy in sugar and other organic molecules. Leaves are the major organs oh photosynthesis poor molecules (co2 & h2o) drives photosynthesis. The nature of sunlight: light is electromagnetic energy, electromagnetic energy travels in waves, wavelength and the electromagnetic spectrum (gamma rays) 10- 3 nm to 103 m (radio waves: visible 400 nm to 750 nm, light also has particle like properties, discrete particles called photons. Pigments substances that absorb visible light. Chlorophyll the pigment which is the key light-capturing molecule in. Other pigments (carotenoids, and phycocaynins) are called accessory thylakoid membranes pigments. Different pigments absorb different wavelengths of light. The patter of absorption is called the absorption spectrum. Photosystems the assemblies which turn light energy into chemical energy in the thylakoid membranes. Chlorophyll and the accessory pigments are arranged into photosystems. Components of a photosystem: light-harvesting complex, reaction-center, electron transport.

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