AP Photosynthesis

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Most, but not necessarily all, of the answers to my questions can be found in the animations.

Question 1:  AtomicAbsorption 

http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/absorption/absorption.html

How is this animation relevant to photosynthesis?

Question 2: Light Capturing Systems

http://www.sumanasinc.com/webcontent/anisamples/majorsbiology/harvestinglight.swf

Where do electrons come from in PSI?

Where do the electrons come from in PSII?

Besides the pumping of H+ across the membrane, where else do H+ ions come from that accumulate in the thylakoid?

Question 3:  http://www.stolaf.edu/people/giannini/flashanimat/metabolism/photosynthesis.swf

 How is ATP made in the chloroplast?

Question 4: http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/noncyclic_photophosphorylation.htm  

Why does PSII come before PSI?

 Why is it called PSII?

Question 5:  http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/noncyclic_photophosphorylation.htm

 Compare cyclic and noncyclic photophosphorylation.

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Question 6:  http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/noncyclic_photophosphorylation.htm

What do you need to run the Calvin Cycle?

What does the Calvin Cycle actually produce?

Question 7:   This is a nice overview.

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/photosynth/intro.html

 http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/calvin.html

Fill in the blanks...   3 RuBP = ___C 

6 G3P = ____C

Where did the extra carbons come from?

Where do they go?

Question 8:  What is the ratio of ATP to NADPH needed in the Calvin Cycle?

How does this work if non-cyclic photophosphorylation produces ATP and NADPH in a 1:1 ratio?

These last two are more complicated than you need, but I enjoyed them. See if you can follow along.

http://faculty.nl.edu/jste/noncyclic_photophosphorylation.htm

 http://www.johnkyrk.com/photosynthesisdark.html

Question 9:  Why is the Calvin cycle called carbon fixation?

What enzyme actually does the “fixing?”

What molecule is the carbon added to?

Question 10:  In what ways are respiration and photosynthesis alike. How are they different? (Think of this like a summative essay question -hint-)