Chromoplasts have decreased thylakoid membranes.
What could a possible explanation be for chloroplasts converting to chromoplasts?
Ripening of a fruit
Withering of the plant
Winter beginning
Which plastid would be responsible for storing starch in a potato?
Proplastid
Chloroplast
Chromoplast
Leucoplast
The light reactions in the thylakoid space:
Use ATP and electrons from NADP+
Release ATP and electrons on NADPH
Which wavelengths of light are absorbed for photosynthesis?
Cholorophyll-a
Cholorophyll-b
Carotenoids
All of the above.
400nm and 700 nm wavelengths are the most readily absorbed while green light is not absorbed at all.
(Choose all correct). Engelman's experiment:
Used algae.
Used bean plants.
Involved a diffraction of light using a prism.
Showed photosynthetic activity was dependant on wavelength.
Showed photosynthetic activity was dependant on the speed of light.
Where would you find the light harvesting pigment cholorphyll?
In the stroma of chloroplasts.
In the thylakoid space.
In the thylakoid membrane.
Choose the correct statement.
Photosystems are part of light-harvesting complexes.
A reaction centre complex is composed of a photosystem and a light-harvesting complex.
The light-harvesting complex is a protein which sits in the thylakoid membrane.
The reaction centre complex surrounds the light-harvesting complex.
Order these steps of energy transfer from photons to chloroplasts: ❌ An electron from the special chlorophyll in the reaction centre complex is excited. ❌ Energy is passed along the chain of chlorophyll molecules. ❌ Photon reaches light harvesting complexes/chlorophyll molecules. ❌ The electron is transferred to the primary electron acceptor in the reaction centre complex.
Choose the incorrect statement about the photosynthetic electron transport chain.
Photosystem II precedes Photosystem I.
Photosystem II provides two electrons to move H+ down it's gradient through the Cytochrome complex.
Photosystem I provides electrons for NADP+ to become NADPH via NADP+ reductase.
Photosystem II splits water and releases oxygen.
ATP synthase uses energy from H+ moving down its gradient to synthesize ATP.
Cyanobacteria are the anaerobic bacteria which form algael blooms.
Fill in the steps of the Calvin Cycle. 1. ❌: Three CO2 react with three 5-carbon compounds to make three 6-carbon compounds. This involves a protein known as ❌. 2. ❌: ❌ ATP and 6 NADPH are used to reduce three CO2 to three 3-carbon compounds. 3. ❌: ❌ ATP are used to change five 3-carbon compounds to the original three 5-carbon compounds.