GR_-_Ch6_-_Photsynthesis

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Biology Guided Reading – Chapter 6

Directions: Answer the following questions as you read through Chapter 6.
1. Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis: ___________________________________________________
2. What is white light made up of? ________________________________________________________________
3. The 2 most common pigments in plants are _________________________ and ________________________.
4. Why do leaves appear green? __________________________________________________________________
5. Chlorophyll a absorbs ________________________________________________________________________
Chlorophyll b absorbs _________________________________________________________________________
6. Chlorophyll a is directly _______________________________________________________________________.
7. Chlorophyll b assists _________________________________________________________________________.
8. Carotenoids function as _______________________________________________________________________.
9. Why are accessory pigments useful? _____________________________________________________________
10. List the 5 steps of the light reactions.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
5. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
11. How many electrons become available for every 2 water molecules that are split? _____________
12. Chemiosmosis relies on a concentration gradient of protons. What 2 places do these protons come from?
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
13. Energy to pump the protons to the thylakoid is supplied by _________________________________________
14. The concentration gradient of protons represents _________________________________________________
15. _____________________________________________________ harnesses the energy of the proton gradient.
16. ATP is made by adding a ________________________ group to ________________________.
17. ATP synthase converts the ________________ energy of the proton gradient into _______________ energy.
18. What is the most common way that plants produce organic compounds? _____________________________
19. What is created as a result of the Calvin cycle? ___________________________________________________
20. What is carbon fixation? _____________________________________________________________________
21. To produce the each 3-carbon sugar, a total of ________ CO2 molecules must enter the Calvin cycle.
22. List 5 steps of the Calvin cycle/carbon fixation.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
23. Define stomata _____________________________________________________________________________
24. How can plants reduce water loss? ____________________________________________________________
25. Stomata are major passageways for ____________ to enter and ____________ to leave a plant.
26. How do low CO2 and high O2 levels affect carbon fixation by the Calvin cycle? __________________________
27. The C4 pathway allows some plants to create ________-carbon compounds.
28. List 3 steps of the C4 pathway.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
29. How is the C4 pathway better than C3? _________________________________________________________
30. What does ‘CAM’ stand for? _________________________________________________________________
31. List 3 steps of the CAM pathway.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
32. How is CAM better than C3 and C4? ____________________________________________________________
33. Photosynthesis occurs in 2 stages, both of which occur inside the ____________________ of plants and algae.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
34. Do plants ever produce more carbohydrates than they need? YES NO
35. What do plants do with the extra carbohydrates?
36. Why are light reactions referred to as ‘light-dependent reactions’?

37. Why is the Calvin cycle a ‘dark reaction’?
38. What 3 factors most influence photosynthesis? __________________________________________________
39. The rate of photosynthesis ___________________________ as light intensity _________________________.
40. Draw and label a graph that demonstrates this (#39) fact.
41. Does the rate of photosynthesis ever level off? YES NO
Why? _________________________________________________________________________________
42. Draw and label a graph that most closely illustrates how CO2 levels affect the rate of photosynthesis.
43. Increasing temperature ___________________________ the chemical reactions in photosynthesis.
44. Draw and label a graph that most closely illustrates how temperature levels affect the rate of photosynthesis.
45. List the reasons why the rate of photosynthesis peaks at a certain temperature.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________________________________________________

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Biology Guided Reading – Chapter 6

1. Write the chemical equation for photosynthesis: ___________________________________________________

2. What is white light made up of? ________________________________________________________________

3. The 2 most common pigments in plants are _________________________ and ________________________.

4. Why do leaves appear green? __________________________________________________________________

5. Chlorophyll a absorbs ________________________________________________________________________

Chlorophyll b absorbs _________________________________________________________________________

6. Chlorophyll a is directly _______________________________________________________________________.

7. Chlorophyll b assists _________________________________________________________________________.

8. Carotenoids function as _______________________________________________________________________.

9. Why are accessory pigments useful? _____________________________________________________________

10. List the 5 steps of the light reactions.

14. The concentration gradient of protons represents _________________________________________________

15. _____________________________________________________ harnesses the energy of the proton gradient.

16. ATP is made by adding a ________________________ group to ________________________.

20. What is carbon fixation? _____________________________________________________________________

22. List 5 steps of the Calvin cycle/carbon fixation.

23. Define stomata _____________________________________________________________________________

24. How can plants reduce water loss? ____________________________________________________________

27. The C4 pathway allows some plants to create ________-carbon compounds.

28. List 3 steps of the C4 pathway.

30. What does ‘CAM’ stand for? _________________________________________________________________

31. List 3 steps of the CAM pathway.

35. What do plants do with the extra carbohydrates?

36. Why are light reactions referred to as ‘light-dependent reactions’?

38. What 3 factors most influence photosynthesis? __________________________________________________

39. The rate of photosynthesis ___________________________ as light intensity _________________________.

41. Does the rate of photosynthesis ever level off? YES NO

43. Increasing temperature ___________________________ the chemical reactions in photosynthesis.

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