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BIOLOGY 1210 ASSIGNED STUDY QUESTIONS #07

CHAPTERS 7
This chapter requires you to remember the material from Chapter 6 (and Ch 2-5) since we did not
cover Ch 7 on Exam I. The hard concepts are all in Chapter 6once Electron Transport Chains
make sense Ch 7 is fast and easy. Mastering assignments and self study area have nice
animations to help you understand these important processes.

*1. PHOTOSYNTHESIS NET REACTION:

oxidation

__LIGHT__ + __H2O_ + _CO2_ __O2__ + __glucose__

reduction

Talk through the reactions using your own words. Explain what each part does.
Light provides kinetic energy. Water is the electron donor
Carbon comes from the air.

Break the bonds in water, remove the electrons and it leaves as oxygen
(water is oxidized)

Put carbons together plus electrons and you make glucose. (CO2 is reduced)

REVIEW CELLULAR RESPIRATION NET REACTION:

oxidation

_glucose_ + _O2_ _CO2_ + __H2O_ + ATP for cellular work!

reduction

Balance out equation and see that the NET reaction of LIFE is LIGHT ATP!!!!

*2. Review. Fill in what goes in and what comes out of each process

INPUT name of process OUTPUT

LIGHT
H2 O LIGHT O2
NADP+ REACTIONS NADPH
ADP + P ATP

NADPH CALVIN CYCLE NADP+

ATP (CARBON FIXATION ADP +P
CO2 GLUCOSE (C6H12O6)

If this is not clicking watch this video of photosythesis on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g78utcLQrJ4
(Or go to YouTube and search photosynthesis there are many videos)
If hyperlinks are not active, cut and paste each of these addresses into your browser.
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*3. FROM AN OLD EXAM. In blanks A-G, write the term that best describes the molecule or
process designated by THAT letter in the diagram.
A = ____water ___H2O__ E = __Calvin (or Dark or carbon-fixing)___
B = __O2_____________ F = _NADPH (carrying electrons)______
C = __CO2___________ G = __ATP__________________________
D = __glucose C6H12O6_ This organelle is called a = _chloroplast_______

*4. a. Rank the following steps that occur in the chloroplast in the correct order (1=first).
_3_ carriers use energy from electrons to move H+ across membrane
_4_ H+ concentration gradient established
_2_ electrons from photosystem II pass along electron transport chain
_5_ H+ diffuses through ATP synthase
_6_ energy of H+ flow used by ATP synthases to make ATP
_1_ light excites electrons in photosystem II

b. Compare and Contrast ETC and chemiosmosis in chloroplast and mitochondria. Focus on the
energy . Put this into your own words like: In the chloroplast ETC low energy electrons enter in
water and get excited by light. In the mitochondrial ETC, high energy electrons enter carried by
NADH.
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*5. CHALLENGING BUT DOABLE FROM AN OLD EXAM. This should be the result of your
thinking for 4b above. Compare and contrast the energy transformation in chloroplast
(photosynthesis) and mitochondria [pyruvate oxidation, Krebs and electron transport, (remember
that glycolysis occurs in cytoplasm not in mitochondria). For each box you only need 1 example
unless there is a (2) then include two examples.

energy transformations Chloroplast Mitochondria

Energy enters organelle in
what form(s):
Electron source:
Electrons leave organelle
in what molecule:
Kinetic energy in this
process:
Light (photon) (2) pyruvic acid (pyruvate)
NADH, Not glucose
(gylcolysis is in cytoplasm)
H20 water (2) pyruvate or NADH
Glucose or better yet G3P H20 water
(2) Light (photon) flow of H+ through ATP
flow of H+ through ATP synthase
synthase or proton pump

Potential energy in this (2) (2)

process: H+ gradient H+ gradient
ATP ATP
NADPH NADH
Any intermediate Any intermediate
Active transport in this Proton pump in electron Proton pump in electron
process: transport chain transport chain
Passive transport in this Chemiosmosis Chemiosmosis
process: Or ATP synthase
Name of membrane Thylakoid Inner membrane space
enclosed reservoir where between OM and IM
H+ build up to high not membrane not matirx
concentration
Do these exist in plants? Yes Yes
(yes/ no)
Is this process a source of No Yes
ATP for most cellular
work? (yes/ no)

6. a. autotrophs or producers
plants, algae and cyanobacteria
b. Rank the following from smallest to largest.
_5__ chloroplast __6_ mesophyll cells
_3__ chlorophyll __4_ thylakoids
_7__ leaf __8_ tree
_1_ electron __2_ water molecule

7. a. __a pigment is a molecule that absorbs light_

b. _their relative orbital position, outer shells more energy__
c. v) all of these are true
d. __chloroplast_
e. __chlorophyll__ __reflects__

8. a. Photo The _Light_ reactions, and the synthesis _Calvin Cycle (light-independent
(dark) cycle or _carbon_-fixing cycle).
b. _photons__ _ATP_ and _NADPH_
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9. How is water used in photosynthesis? c. It provides electrons

10. In photosynthesis, _______ will lose electrons (oxidation) and _______ will gain electrons
(will be reduced). e. Water . . . CO2

11. Which of the following is not part of the NET reaction in photosynthesis?
a. ATP (it is used in the Calvin cycle)

12. Which of the following molecules produced in the light-dependent reaction supply energy that
is used in the Calvin cycle? d. ATP and NADPH

13. Kinetic energy can be transformed into potential energy in the ______, when ______ is made.
e. chloroplast . . . glucose (G3P)

14. You take a little acorn and bury it in the soil. Forty years later there is a huge oak tree. Most of
the atoms (mass) that become the solid material (wood and leaves) in the tree come from
c. air (CO2)!!!!

*15. In class think about what is happening for each condition. Photosynthesis, Cellular
Respiration, both or neither

*16. Don't panic, this is way too many items for a ranking question on an exam but I want you to
'see' the whole process. Rank the following in the correct order:
1 Sun light shines on leaves of a potato plant
_8_ ATP and NADPH used to reduce CO2
_6__ Electrons and hydrogen picked up by NADP+
_2__ Electrons in chlorophyll excited
(2 through 9) _4__ H+ gradient generated
_5__ H+ gradient used to make ATP via chemiosmosis
_3__ High energy electrons passed through electron carriers
_7__ NADPH formed
_9__ Sugar formed, excess sugar (potential energy the plant does
not need yet) is stored as starch
10 You eat mashed potatoes
_18_ ATP hydrolyzed to ADP (cellular work, muscle fibers contracting)
_15_ Electrons from NADH and FADH2 move through electron
transport system
_12_ Glucose is oxidized, its hydrogen and electrons are
transferred to NAD+ and FAD
_14_ NADH (and FADH2) delivered to the inner membrane
(11 through 19) _17_ H+ gradient used to make ATP via chemiosmosis
_16_ H+ gradient generated
_19__ Muscle movement
_13_ NADH and FADH2 are formed
_11_ Starch is hydrolyzed into sugar monomers
_20 Holding and moving your pen