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Chloroplast
- Specialized plastid.
- -A cell like organelle present in algae and plants that contains chlorophyll and carries out photosynthesis
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Stroma
Semi-liquid substance that surrounds the thylakoid membrane
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Granum
- A stacked membranous structure within a chloroplast that contains the chlorophyll.
- -Is site of The Light Reaction in photosynthesis
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Stroma Lamella
Connections between Grana
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Thylakoid
In chloroplasts, a complex, organized, internal membrane composed of flattened disks which contain the photosystems involved in the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis
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Reaction Center
Consists of 1 or more Chlorophyll a molecules in the matrix of protein, that passes electrons out of the photosystem
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Light Reaction
Light energy to make NADPH and ATP.
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Atmospheric Composistion
- 78% Nitrogen
- 21% Oxygen
- 1% Others
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Chlorophyll function and structure
- Function = Captures photons of light
- Structure = Hydrophobic Tail + Ring of excitation
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Chlorophyll a
- -Main photosynthetic pigment in plants and cyanobacteria.
- -The only pigment that can act directly to convert light energy into chemical energy
- -Absorbs the 1st pigment (shortest wavelength) in the visible light spectrum
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Chlorophyll b and Carotenoids
- -Acts as an accessory pigment (secondary light absorbing pigment)
- -Complements and adds to the light absorption of chlorophyll a
- - Increases range of wavelengths
- -Cannont directly convert light energy into chemical energy
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