{"id":133,"date":"2012-11-05T11:38:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T15:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2016-12-01T08:50:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T13:50:42","slug":"photosynthesis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/teaching\/cell-bio\/photosynthesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Photosynthesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"links\">Links<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/principles\/ebooks\/introduction-to-cell-biology-4570805\/4569866\">Principles Module 28<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"objectives\">Objectives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Discuss the two major interdependent steps of photosynthesis<\/li>\n<li>Recognize that photosynthesis is, in many ways, the reverse of respiration<\/li>\n<li>Describe the first step of how light energy is transformed into chemical energy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"keypoints\">Key points<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Photosynthesis transforms light energy into chemical energy<\/li>\n<li>Net reaction: CO<sub>2<\/sub> + H<sub>2<\/sub>O + light \u2192 (CH<sub>2<\/sub>O)<sub>n<\/sub> + O<sub>2<\/sub><\/li>\n<li>Photosynthesis is two interdependent pathways\n<ul>\n<li>light-dependent reactions\n<ul>\n<li>light energy used to produce ATP and NADPH, temporary high-energy molecules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>light-independent reactions\n<ul>\n<li>ATP and NADPH \u2018spent\u2019 to reduce carbon, making carbohydrates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Light energy begins to be transformed into chemical energy when it strikes pigments in the leaf\n<ul>\n<li>pigments absorb light at specific wavelengths based on their structure<\/li>\n<li>light absorbance results in the rearrangement of electrons on a molecule\n<ul>\n<li>molecular excitation is when the electrons are rearranged, conserving the energy of light<\/li>\n<li>photo-oxidation is when an electron is lost off a molecule, travels to a nearby molecule called an electron acceptor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"questionsforpractice\">Questions for Practice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In what ways are the light-dependent reactions dependent upon the carbon reactions?<\/li>\n<li>What would happen if the plant were unable to take in CO<sub>2<\/sub> for some reason?<\/li>\n<li>What is the role of NADPH in photosynthesis?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links Principles Module 28 Objectives Discuss the two major interdependent steps of photosynthesis Recognize that photosynthesis is, in many ways, the reverse of respiration Describe the first step of how light energy is transformed into chemical energy Key points Photosynthesis transforms light energy into chemical energy Net reaction: CO2 + H2O + light \u2192 (CH2O)n [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"parent":447,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-133","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/133\/revisions\/513"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/wolverton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}