Explain why the chlorophylls in light-harvesting complexes must absorb light of shorter wavelength than the light that would directly excite the special pair of PSI or PSII.

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Q: Select the conclusion that most accurately summarizes the data in diagram 3. O Red and blue light…

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Q: Describe the process photophosphorylation

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Q: What makes photorespiration disadvantageous regarding crop yields?

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Q: Light that the chlorophyll-a pigment uses may be measured by the solar-induced fluorescence…

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Q: In hot, dry climates, plants have evolved mechanisms to avoid photorespiration. Which of the…

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Q: What are the functions of light-harvesting andreaction center chlorophylls?

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Q: Explain the food production advantage that these plants could hypothetically provide if they could…

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Q: Why were chloroplasts selected for the pigment extraction in the virtual lab?

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Q: Enlist and explain the agents that effects Phosphorylation or Photophophorylation

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Q: Assume a pH gradient of 4.0 units across a thylakoid membrane, with the lumen more acidic than the…

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Q: Explain, using a diagram, how during acyclic photophosphorylation (photophase) an electrochemical…

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Q: Provide two reasons why it is not possible for the Calvin cycle to efficiently operate in the dark.

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Q: Trace the flow of energy in chloroplasts from sunlight to ATP, including an explanation of…

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Q: NADPH

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Q: Explain how C4 and CAM plants minimize photorespiration.

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Q: Explain why the arrangements of pigments in the chlorosome an efficient way of absorbing light at…

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Q: Considering its metabolic properties, what advantage might the phototroph in the “Chlorochromatium…

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Q: Without carbon dioxide, chlorophyll fluoresces. How doescarbon dioxide prevent this fluorescence?

A: The energy of a photon absorbed by the chloroplast's chlorophyll molecule can be dissipated by…

Q: Explain why both starch synthesis and the activity of the Triose-P. Phosphate translocator serve to…

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Q: Explain how redox balance is maintained during the light reactions

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Q: Solar-induced fluorescence can be used to infer net photosynthesis. This is because this…

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Q: A) The concentration of CO2 is lower inside a plant cell than in the atmosphere (outside the cell).…

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Q: Discuss other morphological differences between sunny and shady set- ups of mung bean in relation to…

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Q: hat is the input and output of the light independent (Calvin cycle) stage? Can the plant also…

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Q: How do anoxygenic phototrophs benefit by having lightharvesting pigments that absorb wavelengths…

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Q: Where does carbon dioxide fixation take place in a chloroplast with reference to the…

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