Photosynthesis

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Where does photosynthesis take place?
Chloroplasts
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Where are chloroplasts found?
Mesophyll and guard cells of green leaves
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What are the 2 main types of photosynthetic pigments?
Chlorophylls and carotenoids
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Which photosynthetic pigments acts as an accessory pigment?
Carotenoids
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An action spectrum is a graph that shows ___.
the rate of photosynthesis at different wavelengths of light
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Antenna complexes are found it the ___.
thylakoid membranes
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Photosystem I is arranged around a chlorophyll a molecule with an absorption peak of ____nm.
700
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Where does the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis take place?
Thylakoids of the chloroplasts
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Non-cyclic photophosphorylation produces ___.
ATP and reduced NADP
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Photolysis, the splitting of water molecules by light, produces ___ and ___.
Hydrogen ions and electrons
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Where does the light-independent stage of photosynthesis take place?
Stroma of the chloroplasts
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What is the enzyme catalysing the reaction between Ribulose bisphosphate and CO2?
Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase
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During the light-independent stage (calvin cycle), ATP and reduced NADP are used to synthesise _______.
Hexose sugar
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Lack of nitrogen leads to ___.
Stunted growth
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Mg2+ is used in______.
Chlorophyll production
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