Photosynthesis

Where does the energy that living things need come from? Food! You’re not you when you’re hungry!

Where does the energy that living things need come from? Originally, though the energy in most food come from the sun PLANTS AND SOME OTHER TYPES OF ORGANISMS ARE ABLE TO USE LIGHT ENERGY FROM THE SUN TO PRODUCE FOOD

Autotrophs Organisms that make their own food

Heterotrophs Organisms that cannot use the sun’s energy directly Animals Obtain energy from the foods they consume

Grass – autotroph Impala - heterotroph

Cheetah…

Cheetah and Impala…

AUTOTROPH!!!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Heterotrophs Obtain energy from the foods they consume Cheetah: obtains energy stored in autotrophs indirectly by feeding on animals that eat autotrophs

Mushrooms Heterotroph or Autotroph?

Mushrooms - Heterotroph Obtain food by decomposing other organisms

Chemical Energy and ATP What forms of energy can you think about?

Chemical Energy and ATP What forms of energy can you think about? Light Heat Electricity Stored in chemical compounds, too

Burn a candle Energy is released in the form of light and heat Bonds between carbon and hydrogen are broken Energy is released from those electrons When the electrons in those bonds are shifted from higher energy levels to lower energy levels, the extra energy is released as heat and light

Living things use chemical fuels as well Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

ATP Adenine Ribose: a 5-carbon sugar Three phosphate groups

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ATP  ADP and ADP  ATP Releasing stored energy Adenosine diphosphate A phosphate bond has broken – RELEASED ENERGY When a cell has energy available, it can store small amounts of it by adding a phosphate group to ADP molecules, producing ATP

ATP has enough energy to power a variety of cellular activities, including active transport across cell membranes, protein synthesis, and muscle contraction

The characteristics of ATP make it exceptionally useful as the basic energy source of all cells

Old Guys Assignment Jan van Helmont Joseph Priestley Jan Ingenhousz Write a paragraph about each of these guys and his contribution to the discovery of photosynthesis

Photosynthesis The key cellular process identified with energy production Plants use the energy of the sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy carbohydrates – sugars and starches – and oxygen Oxygen is a waste product

Photosynthesis 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2 Carbon dioxide + water sugars + oxygen

Photosynthesis uses the energy of sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into high-energy sugars and oxygen

How do plants use low-energy, raw materials to produce high-energy sugars?

How do plants use low-energy, raw materials to produce high-energy sugars? They capture the energy of sunlight

How do plants use low-energy, raw materials to produce high-energy sugars? They capture the energy of sunlight So… how do they capture sunlight?

In addition to water and carbon dioxide, photosynthesis requires light and chlorophyll, a molecule in chloroplasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XP7yflhOtE

Chemical Energy and ATP What forms of energy can you think about? Light Heat Electricity Stored in chemical compounds, too

Energy from the sun travels to Earth in the form of light. “White” light: Sunlight that is visible Mixture of different wavelengths of light Many are visible and make up the visible spectrum Different wavelengths = different colors 400 Violet 450 Blue 500 Cyan 550 Green 600 Yellow 650 Orange 700 Red 750 Infrared

How do plants gather the sun’s energy?

How do plants gather the sun’s energy? Pigments: light-absorbing molecules that gather the sun’s energy Chlorophyll: the plant’s principle pigment Chlorophyll a Blue-violet Red Chlorophyll b Blue Carotene: can be red, yellow, or orange Carotene ≈ Carrot

When chlorophyll absorbs light, much of the energy is transferred directly to electrons in the chlorophyll molecule, raising the energy levels of these electrons. These high-energy electrons allow photosynthesis to work.

Inside a Chloroplast

Inside a Chloroplast Thylakoids: saclike photosynthetic membranes Arranged in stacks called grana Proteins in the thylakoid membrane organize chlorophyll and other pigments into clusters known as photosystems Photosystems: light collecting units Stroma: the region outside of the thylakoid membranes

2 parts of Photosynthesis Light-dependent reactions Take place in the thylakoid membranes Light-independent reactions (Calvin Cycle) Take place in the stroma

Electron Carriers Carrier molecule: compound that can accept a pair of high-energy electrons and transfer them along with most of their energy to another molecule ELECTRON TRANSPORT NADP+: accepts and holds 2 high-energy electrons along with a hydrogen ion NADP+  NADPH

Light Dependent Reactions Require light Use energy from the light to produce ATP and NADPH The light dependent reactions produce oxygen gas and convert ADP and NADP+ into the energy carriers ATP and NADPH

Light Dependent Reactions Photosystem II Electron Transport Chain Photosystem I Hydrogen Ion Movement ATP Formation

Photosystem II Light absorbed by photosystem II is used to break up water molecules into energized electrons, hydrogen ions (H+), and oxygen

Electron Transport Chain High-energy electrons from photosystem II move through the electron transport chain to photosystem I

Photosystem I Electrons released by photosystem II are energized again in photosystem I. Enzymes in the membrane use the electrons to form NADPH. NADPH is used to make sugar in the Calvin Cycle

Hydrogen Ion Movement The inside of the thylakoid membrane fills up with positively charged hydrogen ions. This action makes the outside of the thylakoid membrane negatively charged and the inside positively charged.

ATP Formation As hydrogen ions pass through ATP synthesis, their energy is used to covert ADP into ATP

ATP Synthase ATP synthase: protein in the cell membrane This protein spans the membrane and allows H+ ions to pass through it. As H+ ions pass through ATP synthase, the protein rotates like a turbine being spun by water in a hydroelectric power plant As it rotates, ATP synthase binds ADP and a phosphate group together to produce ATP  Light Dependent electron transport produces not only high energy electrons, but ATP as well

Calvin Cycle The ATP and NADPH formed from the light dependent reactions contain an abundance of chemical energy, but they are not stable enough to store that energy for more than a few minutes The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent reactions to produce high-energy sugars

Calvin Cycle CO2 Enters the Cycle Energy Input 6-Carbon Sugar Produced 5-Carbon Molecules Generated