LIGHT AND

DARK
REACTION
S
•THE PROCESS OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS
DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS:
LIGHT-DEPENDENT
REACTIONS AND LIGHT-
INDEPENDENT REACTIONS
•Light-Dependent
reactions occur where the
sun's light energy is abosrbed
by chlorophyll.Light energy is
converted into stored chemical
energy in the form of NADPH
and ATP.The ATP provides the
energy,and the NADPH
supplies the electrons for the
light-indepent reactions.
•Light-independent
reactions or the Calvin
cycle,which occur in the
stroma,do not need light to
function.The products of
light independent reactions
are used for this stage to
function.
To summarize the two photosynthesis:

1. Sunlight and water used to produce

ATP,NADPH in the light-dependent
reactions.
2.ATP,NADPH,and C02 are used to
produced sugar.
•The chlorophyll is
called a photosystem
or pigment system
•Photosystems
are light-harvesting
stuctures in
photosynthetic
organisms which
serve as a reaction
complex.