Chapter 7
Biology of Plants · 6 exercises
Problem 2
What is the relationship between the absorption spectrum of a pigment and the action spectrum of a process that depends on that same pigment?
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Problem 4
What is photophosphorylation, and what is the relationship between this process and the thylakoid membrane?
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Problem 5
Distinguish between noncyclic and cyclic electron flow and photophosphorylation. What products are produced by each? Why is cyclic photophosphorylation essential to the Calvin cycle?
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Problem 6
Briefly explain the role of each of the following protein complexes in photosynthesis: Photosystem II, cytochrome \(b_{\sigma} / f\), Photosystem I, and ATP synthase.
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Problem 8
In what ways do \(\mathrm{C}_{4}\) plants have an advantage over \(\mathrm{C}_{3}\) plants?
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Problem 9
Whereas the \(\mathrm{C}_{4}\) pathway and the Calvin cycle \(\left(\mathrm{C}_{3}\right.\) pathway) are spatially separated in \(\mathrm{C}_{4}\) plants, in \(\mathrm{CAM}\) plants these two pathways are temporally separated. Explain.
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