Biology 1202B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Atp Synthase, Photosystem I, Light-Independent Reactions
10 Feb 2017
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Essential outcomes - photosynthesis: explain how the structure of a pigment relates to how its colour is observed. Pigments all have an area where carbon atoms covalently bond to each other w/ an alteration of double and signal bonds; this helps them absorb light. The variety of chemical structure of pigments results in a difference in the wavelengths that they can absorb. Photons can either be reflected, transmitted (diffraction), or absorbed through the matter. Photosynthesis produces g3p which produces sugar and is the starting point to produce many organic molecules. Many organisms use the process of cellular respiration to break down the products of photosynthesis (sugar, water, oxygen) as usable energy: list and describe the two parts/stages of oxygenic photosynthesis in general terms. Electron carriers flow from photosystem ii (p680) cytochrome complex photosystem i (p700) Synthesis of atp and nadph which fuels the calvin cycle. Co2 is reduced into a simple sugar carbon compound similarly to glucose.
