Edexcel A2 - Photosynthesis

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What does photosynthesis involve?
Reduction of carbon dioxide to carbohydrate
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What is photolysis?
The splitting of a water molecule by light. H2O > 1/2 + 2H+ + 2e-
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What are the pigments involved in photosynthesis?
Chlorphyll a, Chlorophyll b, carotene b, xanthophyll
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Where does the light dependent reaction take place?
thylakoid membrane
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Where does the light independent reaction take place?
stroma
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How many photosystems are there?
2
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What is GP reduced to?
GALP
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What are the products from the light dependent stage that are used in the calvin cycle?
ATP and NADPH
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What is the waste product in the light dependent stage?
Oxygen
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What is photophosphorylation?
Synthesis of ATP from ADP + Pi + energy
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What photosystem is involved in cyclic photophosphorylation?
1
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What photosystems are involved in non-cyclic photophosphorylation?
1 and 2
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What carbon compound in the calvin cycle goes on to regenerate RuBP?
GALP
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