Exam 8: Photosynthesis

Why is eating carrots thought to be useful for enhancing vision?

Carotenoids are important to many plants because these pigments are able to

A tomato plant is mutated with gamma radiation.A cellular analysis reveals that ATP synthase complexes found in the thylakoid membrane are inserted backwards into the membrane.What is the most likely outcome of this error?

CAM and C₄ plants likely grow in what type of environment?

In photosynthesis, carbon fixation occurs:

The light-independent reactions of photosynthesis are those that

If the Calvin cycle were to be temporarily restricted, the highest concentration of NADPH would likely be in the

The number of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate molecules that would be produced from 24 turns of the Calvin cycle would be

In the photosystem I reaction center, light energy captured by pigment molecules is passed to a special reaction center chlorophyll a called

In the light-independent reactions, when CO₂ is added to a molecule of Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) the product is

Where do the carbon atoms in glucose come from?

In green plants, which photosystem absorbs photons to excite electrons in the reaction center?

If chlorophyll a is blocked from absorbing light, what would be the effect on the ability of the plant to do photosynthesis?

As a result of the transition from daytime to nighttime, how will the relative concentrations of glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P) and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) change in C3 plants?

The Calvin cycle requires all of the following except

If the gene encoding the enzyme rubisco is mutated such that it is non-functional, the process that would be affected is the ability to

Visible light has a wavelength range of

In order to generate one glucose molecule, the Calvin cycle has to turn how many times?

In eukaryotes, photosynthesis takes place inside the ________.

Clusters of chlorophyll and accessory pigments are called ________.