Chapter 8

Photosynthesis

Parts

1. 1What photosynthesis does5 min
2. 2Chloroplasts and the two stages5 min
3. 3Light and how pigments absorb it5 min
4. 4The pigments plants use4 min
5. 5How photosystem II captures light5 min
6. 6Linear electron flow from water to NADPH4 min
7. 7How chloroplasts make ATP5 min
8. 8The Calvin cycle5 min
9. 9Photorespiration3 min
10. 10How C₄ and CAM plants avoid photorespiration5 min

Key terms

• photosynthesis
• autotroph
• heterotroph
• photoautotroph
• chloroplast
• chlorophyll
• mesophyll
• stoma
• thylakoid
• thylakoid lumen
• stroma
• light reaction
• Calvin cycle
• NADPH
• photon
• pigment
• carotenoid
• absorption spectrum
• action spectrum
• photosystem II
• photosystem I
• light-harvesting complex
• reaction center
• resonance energy transfer
• P680
• primary electron acceptor
• linear electron flow
• cyclic photophosphorylation
• photophosphorylation
• Z scheme
• carbon fixation
• rubisco
• ribulose bisphosphate
• glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
• photorespiration
• C₃ plant
• C₄ plant
• CAM plant
• PEP carboxylase
• bundle-sheath cell