Excercise 13

a complex chemical process that converts energy (light) into chemical energy (sugar)

6CO₂ + 12H₂O ---> C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6H₂O + 6O₂

Photochemical "light" reactions

Biochemical "dark" reactions

• -Fast
• -Light-dependent
• -Splits water

• -slow
• -Light-dependent
• -converts carbon dioxide

a substance that absorbs light

Chlorophylls A and B

• carotenes
• xanthophylls

a technique for seperating dissolved compounds

and instrument that seperates whit lights into its component colors

-photosythetic membranes

-located in the chloropast

-stacked to form grana

site of photosythesis

contain thylakoids, grana, stroma, and lamellae

columns formed from thylakoids

held in place lamellae

holds grana in place

bathes interior of chloroplast

contains enzymes