Photosynthesis

 

I. Overview of the Process

 

 

H2O + CO2 --> (CH2O)n + O2

 

II. How does it work?

A. Light Reactions

1. general characteristics

2. absorption spectrum experiment

 

 

 

 

 

3. action spectrum experiment

 

4. Where do the light reactions take place in the plant cell?

 

 

 

 

 

-Fluorescence

 

-Energy conserved by an electron carrier

 

 

B. THE CALVIN CYCLE REACTIONS

1. Where do the Calvin Cycle reactions take place in the plant cell?

 

 

C. SUMMARY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS