Section 8-3
8-3 The Reactions of Photosynthesis
1 Focus
Objectives Guide for Reading | Te rewirements ofphotosynthesis were discovered inthe
1800s, It was not until the second half ofthe 1900s, how.
3-1 Describe te aucurdind | Soy concepts ver that bilgi unraveled the complex reactions th alin
8.3.2 Describe what happens in the depenaent reactions? | eeeeeereeeeeae errata trerec caer
Tghtcependent reactions simrsuiecasnsee? | Inside a Chloroplast
8.3.3 Explain what the Cahin cycle is Vocabulary In plants and other photosynthetic eukaryotes, photosynthesis |
8.3.4 Identify factors that afect the thy ants nd cher phlosaai earoie oni
rate at which photosynthesis, stoma | _ takes place inside chloroplasts. Tho chloroplasts, shown in
nt Naor Figure 8-6, contin saclike photosynthetic membranes called
occurs.
Iight-dependent reactions thylakoids (THY ub-koyds). Thylakoids are arranged in stack
ATP sybase ‘known as grana (singular: granum). Thylakoids contain chistory
Guide for Reading ‘Calvin cycle | of chlorophyll and other pigments and protein known as photo-
———— Reading Strategy: | systems that are able to capture the energy of sunlight.
Preview Vocabulary Using Visuals eore you ‘To understand photosynthesis, scientists break the reaction
peed is laete a read, preview Figures 8-7, into two stages: the light dependent reactions and the light-
S710, and 8-1 as youre independent reactions, or Calvin yee. The relationship betwen
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each vocabulary word in the section
and preview its meaning,
Reading Strategy
Suggest that students write a sum-
mary of the information in Figures
8-7, 8-10, and 8-11, Have them
revise their summatles after reading
the section
2 INSTRUCT.
‘The sromais the
space outside the
UYylakoid mambranes
Inside a Chloroplast
Use Visuals
Figure 8-6 Have student volunteers
tea the annotations for te parts oF
b chiroplst. Then, with students
help, make a Vent diagram onthe
board that shows the relationships
among @ granu, tylakeids, ane
photonystems The lager should
Show a thyakoid within a granum,
and photosystems within the thy.
iso, Then aske Within the
Chloroplast where do the lght-
dependent reactions occur, and
witere does the Cavin cycle occur?
(The ligt-dependent rection oct
within the thylakoid membranes, and
the Cohn eye occu inthe stoma)
Have students Tocate these aces on
the figure
Agranum isa
stack of tylakoids
Chloroplast
Photosystems, clusters of pigment and protein
that absorb light energy, are found in sacle
photosynthetic membranes called hyakoics.
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(magnification: 00%)
"| Chloroplast
(magaiation: 10,000%)
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