BIOL 111 Chapter 8: Biology : How Life Works; 2nd Edition CHAPTER 8
10 Oct 2018
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Photosynthesis biochemicalprocess for building carbohydrates usingenergy from sunlight 4 co2 taken from the air. Photic zone a zone in the ocean which enoughsunlightpenetrates to enable photosynthesis about 100 mdeep through ummm. Photosynthetic transport chain protein pigment complexes absorbsunlight orenergy that drives the electronsthrough the petc thisproduces atp4 nadph theenergy sources needed to synthesize carbs usingcoa calvin cycle chloroplasts the organelle in which eukaryoticphotosynthesis thegtkfoipdacl. am brane. Grana structures made up of thylakoid sacs looks like a stroma the regionsurrounding the thylakoid membrane highly totaled where i stack ofpancakes they are connected by membrane bridges where carb synthesis takes place inhiehepeffteraffsthpgachdoroplasts. The calvin cycle carboxylation coa is added to a 5 carbon molecule reduction energy4electrons aretransferred to the compoundst regeneration ofthe scarbon moleculeneeded forcarboxylation. 9 light independentreaction however it is dependent on things thataredependenton lightso itonly occurs in the light mm. Excesscarbohydrates are converted are starch not soluble no osmosis this starch is used for photosynthetic cells during thenight.
