1. Photosynthesis
Biology
Chapter 8

2. 8.1 Energy and Life Energy is the ability to do work
What is work for cells?
Plants, algae, and some bacteria use light energy from the sun to produce food
a. Autotrophs b. Heterotrophs

3. Chemical Energy and ATP
Adenosine diphosphate, ADP
Adenosine triphosphate, ATP

4. *ATP is used by all types of cells as their basic energy source
*When a cell has energy available, it can store small amounts of it by adding a phosphate group to ADP molecules, producing ATP
*ATP is like a rechargeable battery

5. Because a cell can subtract the third phosphate group, it can release energy as needed
*bond breaks  energy is released
ATP has enough energy to power cellular activities like active transport across cell membranes, protein synthesis, and muscle contraction

6. Most cells have only a small amount of ATP…
One molecule of glucose stores more than 90x the chemical energy of 1 ATP
Cells regenerate ATP from ADP by using the energy in foods like glucose
How do plant cells make ATP and other molecules for long-term energy?

7. Quick Check 1. Organisms that make their own food are called
A. autotrophs B. heterotrophs C. decomposers
2. How is energy released from ATP?
A phosphate is added B. An adenine is added
C. A phosphate is removed
3. Why do most cells contain only a small amount of ATP?
…Cells do not need ATP for energy
…ATP isn’t very good for long-term energy storage

8. 8.2 An Overview of Photosynthesis
Plants use the energy in sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates and oxygen.

9. 1. Jan van Helmont
2. Joseph Priestley
3. Jan Ingenhousz

10. Some experiments to consider…
Jan van Helmont devised an experiment to find out if plants grew by taking material out of the soil
Joseph Priestley placed a glass jar over a burning candle and watched as the flame went out. He put a live plant in the jar, and guess what happened?
Jan Ingenhousz showed that the effect observed by Priestley occurred only when the plant was exposed to light

11. Pigments of Photosynthesis
Chlorophyll-green pigment in plants that absorbs blue-violet and red, and reflects green.
Chlorophyll is present in the chloroplasts of a plant cell.

13. The Structure of a Chloroplast
Light-dependent rxns. take place on the thylakoid membrane.
Thylakoids are “pancake-like” structures.
The stacks are called grana.
The Calvin cycle takes
place in the stroma
(the fluid the thylakoids
float in).

14. Making ATP using Light Energy
The energy from the sun is absorbed by the chlorophyll in the thylakoid membrane.
NADP+ is an electron carrier that carries high energy electrons and two hydrogen ions  turns into NADPH.
The H+ ions are created when sunlight hits the thylakoid and water is split, creating free oxygen which is a waste product.

15. Light Reactions (cont.)
The NADPH carries the e- and the H+ ions to the membrane where the H+ ions are pumped inside the thylakoid. (see page 211)

16. The pressure of the H+ ions builds up, and the H+ ions are forced back out of the membrane through a structure called ATP synthase.

17. Making ATP
As the H+ ions and their energy move through the ATP synthase, the protein rotates and creates 3 ATPs for every turn.

18. Light Dependent Reactions