Kenjie T.

Sobrevega GENERAL BIOLOGY

G11 STEM – Trono Q2 Week 3
ACTIVITY 1
4 PICS 1 WORD
Direction: Guess the answer using only the available pictures below and
define it on your own words. Explain also it’s importance in photosynthesis.

PHOSYSTEM

Photosystems play an important part in photosynthesis. They are the

functional units for photosynthesis, defined by specific pigment organization
and association patterns, whose task is light energy absorption and
transfer, which implies electron transfer. Photosystems are physically
located in thylakoid membranes.

ACTIVITY 2
The Flying Photosynthetic Circus

Story Line: The sun hits P680 with 4 photons (tennis can lid). P680 becomes excited and
throws 4 electrons (tennis balls) to a higher energy level (up in the air). The electron acceptor
II catches the electrons and begins to pass them down the chain to the other electron carriers.
One ATP is produced. In the meantime, P680 grabs four electrons from the two molecules of
water to replace the ones lost. The oxygen (balloon) is released and 2 protons for each of the
two molecules of water are freed to join NADP+ . At the same time the sun hits P700 throws
up 4 electrons just in time to grab the electrons that have been passed down the chain of
electron carriers. The electrons from P700 are caught by the primary electron acceptor in
Photosystem I. These electrons are passed on to NADP+ which along with the 4 protons from
the water molecules become NADPH and enters the dark reaction.

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Direction: Fill in the squares/rectangles with the names of the different molecules involved in
the processes.

Activity 3
Define Me!

Direction: Research on the definition and description of the following key terms:
1. noncyclic electron flow- electrons are removed from water and passed through PSII and PSI
before ending up in NADPH.

2. cyclic electron flow- is a 'short circuiting' of the normal z scheme of the light reaction of
photosynthesis where energy that otherwise would have gone into making NADPH instead is
diverted towards making more ATP.

3. plastoquinone (Pq)- is an isoprenoid quinone molecule involved in the electron transport

chain in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.

4. plastocyanin (Pc)- is a copper-containing protein that mediates electron-transfer. It is found in

a variety of plants, where it participates in photosynthesis.

5. ATP- is an organic compound and hydrotrope that provides energy to drive many processes in
living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, condensate dissolution,
and chemical synthesis.

6. Photophosphorylation- is the conversion of ADP to ATP using the energy of sunlight by

activation of PSII.

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7. Ferredoxin- any of a group of iron- and sulfur-containing proteins that function as electron
carriers in photosynthetic and nitrogen-fixing organisms and in some anaerobic bacteria.

8. NADP+- is a coenzyme that functions as a universal electron carrier, accepting electrons and
hydrogen atoms to form NADPH, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate.

9. NADPH- is a cofactor, used to donate electrons and a hydrogens to reactions catalyzed by

some enzymes. Typically enzymes involved in anabolic pathways that create large molecules
use NADPH, while enzymes involved in the breakdown of molecules use the analog NADH.

10. Chemiosmosis- is the movement of ions across a semipermeable membrane bound structure,
down their electrochemical gradient.