1. Fig. 10-9 Wavelength of light (nm) (b) Action spectrum (a) Absorption spectra (c) Engelmann’s experiment Aerobic bacteria RESULTS Rate of photosynthesis (measured by O 2 release) Absorption of light by chloroplast pigments Filament of alga Chloro- phyll a Chlorophyll b Carotenoids 500 400 600700 600 500 400

2. Fig. 10-10 Porphyrin ring: light-absorbing “head” of molecule; note magnesium atom at center in chlorophyll a CH 3 Hydrocarbon tail: interacts with hydrophobic regions of proteins inside thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts; H atoms not shown CHO in chlorophyll b Fig. 10-17

3. Light Fd Cytochrome complex ADP + i H+H+ ATP P synthase To Calvin Cycle STROMA (low H + concentration) Thylakoid membrane THYLAKOID SPACE (high H + concentration) STROMA (low H + concentration) Photosystem II Photosystem I 4 H + Pq Pc Light NADP + reductase NADP + + H + NADPH +2 H + H2OH2O O2O2 e–e– e–e– 1/21/2 1 2 3 Fig. 10-19

4. C 4 leaf anatomy Mesophyll cell Photosynthetic cells of C 4 plant leaf Bundle- sheath cell Vein (vascular tissue) Stoma The C 4 pathway Mesophyll cell CO 2 PEP carboxylase Oxaloacetate (4C) Malate (4C) PEP (3C) ADP ATP Pyruvate (3C) CO 2 Bundle- sheath cell Calvin Cycle Sugar Vascular tissue Fig. 10-19

5. Fig. 10-19a Stoma C 4 leaf anatomy Photosynthetic cells of C 4 plant leaf Vein (vascular tissue) Bundle- sheath cell Mesophyll cell Fig. 10-19b

6. Sugar CO 2 Bundle- sheath cell ATP ADP Oxaloacetate (4C) PEP (3C) PEP carboxylase Malate (4C) Mesophyll cell CO 2 Calvin Cycle Pyruvate (3C) Vascular tissue The C 4 pathway

7. Fig. 10-20 CO 2 Sugarcane Mesophyll cell CO 2 C4C4 Bundle- sheath cell Organic acids release CO 2 to Calvin cycle CO 2 incorporated into four-carbon organic acids (carbon fixation) Pineapple Night Day CAM Sugar Calvin Cycle Calvin Cycle Organic acid (a) Spatial separation of steps (b) Temporal separation of steps CO 2 1 2