Photosynthesis
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Energy and Life
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Chemical Energy and ATP Energy comes in many forms including light, heat, and electricity. Energy can be stored in chemical compounds, too.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Chemical Energy and ATP An important chemical compound that cells use to store and release energy is adenosine triphosphate, abbreviated ATP. ATP is used by all types of cells as their basic energy source.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Chemical Energy and ATP The energy from ATP is needed for many cellular activities, including active transport across cell membranes, protein synthesis and muscle contraction. ATP’s characteristics make it exceptionally useful as the basic energy source of all cells.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Autotrophs and Heterotrophs Living things need energy to survive. This energy comes from food. The energy in most food comes from the sun. Where do plants get the energy they need to produce food?
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Autotrophs and Heterotrophs Plants and some other types of organisms are able to use light energy from the sun to produce food.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Photosynthesis: An Overview
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall 8-2 Photosynthesis: An Overview The key cellular process identified with energy production is photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is the process in which green plants use the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates and oxygen.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall The Photosynthesis Equation The equation for photosynthesis is: 6CO 2 + 6H 2 O C 6 H 12 O 6 + 6O 2 carbon dioxide + water sugars + oxygen Light
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall The Photosynthesis Equation Photosynthesis uses the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy sugars and oxygen.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light and Pigments How do plants capture the energy of sunlight? In addition to water and carbon dioxide, photosynthesis requires light and chlorophyll.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light and Pigments Plants gather the sun's energy with light-absorbing molecules called pigments. The main pigment in plants is chlorophyll. There are two main types of chlorophyll: – chlorophyll a – chlorophyll b
Chlorophyll absorbs light well in the blue-violet and red regions of the visible spectrum. Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light and Pigments Wavelength (nm) Estimated Absorption (%) Chlorophyll b Chlorophyll a Wavelength (nm)
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light and Pigments Chlorophyll does not absorb light will in the green region of the spectrum. Green light is reflected by leaves, which is why plants look green. Estimated Absorption (%) Chlorophyll b Chlorophyll a Wavelength (nm)
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall The Reactions of Photosynthesis
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Inside a Chloroplast In plants, photosynthesis takes place inside chloroplasts. Plant Plant cells Chloroplast
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Inside a Chloroplast Chloroplasts contain thylakoids—saclike photosynthetic membranes. Chloroplast Single thylakoid
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Inside a Chloroplast Thylakoids are arranged in stacks known as grana. A singular stack is called a granum. Granum Chloroplast
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Inside a Chloroplast Proteins in the thylakoid membrane organize chlorophyll and other pigments into clusters called photosystems, which are the light-collecting units of the chloroplast. Chloroplast Photosystems
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light-Dependent Reactions The light-dependent reactions require light. The light-dependent reactions produce oxygen gas and some ATP.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall Light Independent Reactions Light Independent(Dark) Reactions use ATP from the light- dependent reactions to produce high-energy sugars. It does not require light, these reactions are also called the light-independent reactions.
Copyright Pearson Prentice Hall The Calvin Cycle The two sets of photosynthetic reactions work together. – The light-dependent reactions trap sunlight energy in chemical form. – The light-independent reactions use that chemical energy to produce stable, high-energy sugars from carbon dioxide and water.