| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Photosynthesis | a metabolic process by which the energy of sunlight is captured and used to convert carbon dioxide and water to carbohydrate sugars and oxygen gas |
| Light reactions | driven by light energy, converts light energy into chemical energy in the form og ATP and a reduced electron carrier |
| Light independent reaction | do not use light directly, instead use ATP and NADPH and carbond dioxide to produce sugars (calvin cycle, C4, CAM) |
| Noncyclic electron transport | produces NADPH and ATP |
| Cyclic elecctron transport | produces only ATP |
| Photosystem I | uses light energy to reduce NADP to NADPH |
| Photosystem II | uses light energy to oxidize water molecules producing electrons, protoons and oxygen |
| Photophosphorylation | light-driven production of ATP from ADP and Pi in the chloroplast |
| Photorespiration | consumes oxygen and releases carbon dioxide |
| C3 plants | the first product of carbon dioxide fixation in these plants in the 3-carbon molecule |
| C4 plants | 4-carbon compound, oxaloacetate, as the first product of carbon fixation |
| CAM | but their intial carbon dioxide by PEP carboxlylase is temporarily separated from Calvin Cycle, rather than spatially separated as in C4 plants |
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