Botany Chapter 8 Flashcards

Microscopic pores that open during the day to let out Co2 into leaves & water vapor pass out

Site of photosynthesis

Network of chloroplasts membranes active in photosynthesis

Liquid material of the chloroplasts when the thylakoids are immeresed

Primary pigment active in the plant photosynthesis

Organized complex of molecules within a thylakoid membrane that collects solar energy & transforms it into channel energy

Pair of special cholorphyll A molecules & associated compounds that 1st recieve solsar energy from photosystem pigments & then transform this solar energy into chemical energy

Set of steps in photosynthesis in which an energy-rich sugar is produced by the fixing of atmosphere Co2 into sugar & energizing of this sugar with the addition of elements supplied by light-dependent of photosynthesis

1st step of calvin cycle, gas being incorporated into an organic molecule

Process in which the enzyme rubisco reduces carbon fixation in photosynthesis by binding with O instead of CO2

Enzyme that allows organisms to incorporate atmosphere carbon dioxide into their own sugar during photosynthesis

Form of photosysnthesis in which CO2 is fixed to a 4-carbon molecule & then transferred to special bundle sheath cells in which the calvin cyle is undertaken, Used by wamr weather plants to reduce photorespiration that undercuts carbohydrate production in C3 plants

Form of photosynthesis undertaken by some plants in hot climates in which carbon fixation takes place at night an the calvin cycle during the day. Allows plants to preserve water by opening stomata only at night.