1. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER 7  Basics of Photosynthesis o The Chloroplast o Overall Equation o Overview of Process  Light Reactions: Sunlight Into Chemical Energy o The Wavelengths of Sunlight o Photosynthetic Pigments o Photosystems Overview o ATP and NADPH Generation  Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from CO2 o Powered Linking of Carbon Bonds o Water Saving Adaptations  Photosynthesis and Global Warming

2. Figure 7.3 Photosynthesis Factory: The Chloroplast

3. Unnumbered Figure 7.1 Overall Equation for Photosynthesis

4. Figure 7.4 Overview of the Two Parts of Photosynthesis

5. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER 7  Basics of Photosynthesis o The Chloroplast o Overall Equation o Overview of Process  Light Reactions: Sunlight Into Chemical Energy o The Wavelengths of Sunlight o Photosynthetic Pigments o Photosystems Overview o ATP and NADPH Generation  Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from CO 2 o Powered Linking of Carbon Bonds o Water Saving Adaptations  Photosynthesis and Global Warming

6. Figure 7.5 A Review of Light Energy

7. Figure 7.7

8. Chloroplast Pigments Chloroplasts contain several pigments: –Chlorophyll a –Chlorophyll b –Carotenoids Light and Pigments

9. Figure 7.9 Chlorophyll Molecules Absorb Light and Energize Electrons

10. An electron transport chain –Connects the two photosystems. –Releases energy that the chloroplast uses to make ATP and NADPH. Physical Layout of the Light Reactions

11. Figure 7.12 How the Light Reactions Generate ATP and NADPH

12. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER 7  Basics of Photosynthesis o The Chloroplast o Overall Equation o Overview of Process  Light Reactions: Sunlight Into Chemical Energy o The Wavelengths of Sunlight o Photosynthetic Pigments o Photosystems Overview o ATP and NADPH Generation  Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from CO 2 o Powered Linking of Carbon Bonds o Water Saving Adaptations  Photosynthesis and Global Warming

13. The Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from Carbon Dioxide The Calvin Cycle/Light- Independent Reactions –Functions like a sugar factory within a chloroplast. –Regenerates the starting material with each turn. Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Pearson Benjamin Cummings Calvin Cycle

14. Figure 7.16 Summary of Photosynthesis

15. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER 7  Basics of Photosynthesis o The Chloroplast o Overall Equation o Overview of Process  Light Reactions: Sunlight Into Chemical Energy o The Wavelengths of Sunlight o Photosynthetic Pigments o Photosystems Overview o ATP and NADPH Generation  Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from CO 2 o Powered Linking of Carbon Bonds o Water Saving Adaptations  Photosynthesis and Global Warming

16. Figure 7.18

17. Figure 7.19

18. Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food CHAPTER 7  Basics of Photosynthesis o The Chloroplast o Overall Equation o Overview of Process  Light Reactions: Sunlight Into Chemical Energy o The Wavelengths of Sunlight o Photosynthetic Pigments o Photosystems Overview o ATP and NADPH Generation  Calvin Cycle: Making Sugar from CO2 o Powered Linking of Carbon Bonds o Water Saving Adaptations  Photosynthesis and Global Warming