Photosynthesis and Energy

Relationships

By: Marilyn and Matthew

Light
Ø Form of radiant energy
Ø Radiant energy travels in
waves
Ø The colors that make up
white light is the
Visible Spectrum
Ø Things are colored
because the molecules
are either absorbing or
reflecting certain
wavelengths
Ø White reflects all
wavelengths, black
absorbs all
wavelengths
Chlorophyll and Other
Pigments
Ø Pigments absorb light
energy and convert it
to chemical energy
Ø Chlorophyll is found in
Chloroplasts, it’s the
most common pigment
Ø Chloroplasts contain
other pigments called
Carotenoids which are
yellow, orange, and red
Ø In the northern latitudes
chlorophyll production
stops making the other
pigments visible and
giving us the colors of
fall
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Light Reactions
Ø Occur inside the
chloroplast more
specifically inside
stacks of thylakoid
called Grana
Ø Involve a series of
changes that convert
light energy into
chemical energy
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The Calvin Cycle
Ø C5 + CO2 + ATP + NADPH
---> C6H12O6
Ø Light is absorbed and
converted to chemical
energy in the bonds of
ATP.
Ø Water split into hydrogen
ions, oxygen, and
electrons.
Ø Hydrogen ions from water are
attached to carrier
coenzymes for use in
later stages of
photosynthesis
Ø Energy is stored in organic
molecules such as
glucose and fructose
 Photosynthesis and Respiratio
Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposite
reactions from each other. In the image the grass is
making food through the process of photosynthesis.

The cow is taking advantage of the food the grass

is producing and using it for its energy source
through cellular respiration. The cow has more than
one stomach. In the cows first stomach the cellular
respiration is almost totally anaerobic respiration or
fermentation. The mitochondria in each cell of the
cow is using aerobic respiration to convert glucose
into energy.
Assessment Questions
 What are the colors that make  Visible spectrum
 up white light called? 
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 Where is chlorophyll and caroteroids 

found  In the chloroplasts
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 Light reactions involve a series of
changes that convert light into 
kinetic energy.
 False/ chemical
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 Light energy is absorbed and
converted to chemical energy in 
the bonds of NADP.
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 False/ ATP
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 Which two chemical reactions are
opposites of each other? 
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