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Describe the early experiments which lead to some basic facts about
photosynthesis.
Describe light energy and the light spectrum.
What happens when light strikes a pigment?
Describe the major photosynthetic pigments.
Why do plants have the extra photosynthetic pigments?
Describe the structure of a chloroplast.
Be able to label a diagram of a chloroplast.
Write the general equation for photosynthesis.
What happens during the light and dark reactions of photosynthesis?
Be able to say what would happen if some step of the light or dark
reactions was altered.
What are the factors that affect photosynthesis and how do they do so?
Compare and contrast the functions of cellular respiration and
photosynthesis.
What does a C4 plant do differently in terms of photosynthesis? What
are the advantages/disadvantages of a C4 plant?
Compare and contrast photosynthesis in plants with different types of
bacteria.
What is special about heterotrophic plants?
Why do they do these things? Give examples of heterotrophic
plants.
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