2. Autotrophs are capable of making their own carbohydrates for
food Heterotrophs cannot make their own carbohydrates for food and
must get them from someone else 3. A process by which light energy
is converted to chemical energy in the form of sugar Performed by
photoautotrophs Occurs in the chloroplast 4. The organelle where
photosynthesis occurs 5. Chlorophyll A Light absorption spectrum,
chlor A and chlor B The pigment responsible for absorbing the
sunlight which drives photosynthesis Two forms, A and B Found in
the chloroplast 6. 6CO2 + 12 H2O + light energy C6H12O6 + 6O2 +
6H2O Relies on the excitation and transfer of electrons Occurs in 2
major stages: the light reactions and dark reactions 7. Produced by
the chemical reactions during the light reactions Capable of giving
off LOTS of energy! Significant in producing large molecules like
glucose 8. Light energy is captured Generates excited electrons
Excited electrons captured by NADPH NADPH 9. An excited electron
carrier Carries excited electrons from the thylakoid membrane
(where they are produced) to the stroma (where they are used to
make sugar) 10. PS2 PS1ATP made here!!! NADPH made here!!!!!!
Photosystems: light energy collectors. This light energy is used to
make ATP and excited electrons 11. Electron transport chains: pull
energy from excited electrons and use it to make large molecules.
12. PS2 PS1ATP made here!!! NADPH made here!!!!!! 13. Excited
electrons move through PS2 and then PS1 After being sent up to the
primary electron acceptor for photosystem 1, the excited electrons
board the NADPH bus 14. The excited electrons flow through
photosystem 2 repeatedly to make lots of ATP 15. Light INdependent
Sugar formation occurs here! Energy given off by excited electrons
used to combine water and carbon dioxide to form sugars Occurs in
the stroma of the chloroplast 16. Carbon fixation 3
Phosphoglycerate reduction Regeneration of CO2 receptor 17. C3
pathway C4 pathway CAM pathway Photorespiration
