Syllabus concepts to know

• C1.3.1 Transformation of light energy to chemical energy when carbon compounds are produced in photosynthesis
• C1.3.2 Conversion of carbon dioxide to glucose in photosynthesis using hydrogen obtained by splitting water
• C1.3.3 Oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis in plants, algae and cyanobacteria
• C1.3.4 Separation and identification of photosynthetic pigments by chromatography
• C1.3.5 Absorption of specific wavelengths of light by photosynthetic pigments
• C1.3.6 Similarities and differences of absorption and action spectra
• C1.3.7 Techniques for varying concentrations of carbon dioxide, light intensity or temperature experimentally to investigate the effects of limiting factors on the rate of photosynthesis
• C1.3.8 Carbon dioxide enrichment experiments as a means of predicting future rates of photosynthesis and plant growth
• C1.3.9 Photosystems as arrays of pigment molecules that can generate and emit excited electrons (HL)
• C1.3.10 Advantages of the structured array of different types of pigment molecules in a photosystem (HL)
• C1.3.11 Generation of oxygen by the photolysis of water in photosystem II (HL)
• C1.3.12 ATP production by chemiosmosis in thylakoids (HL)
• C1.3.13 Reduction of NADP by photosystem I (HL)
• C1.3.14 Thylakoids as systems for performing the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis (HL)
• C1.3.15 Carbon fixation by Rubisco (HL)
• C1.3.16 Synthesis of triose phosphate using reduced NADP and ATP (HL)
• C1.3.17 Regeneration of RuBP in the Calvin cycle using ATP (HL)
• C1.3.18 Synthesis of carbohydrates, amino acids and other carbon compounds using the products of the (HL)
• C1.3.19 Interdependence of the light-dependent and light-independent reactions (HL)