C1.3 Photosynthesis

C1.3.1 Transformation of light energy to chemical energy

C1.3.2 Conversion of carbon dioxide to glucose in photosynthesis

C1.3.3 Oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis

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 The effects of limiting factors on the rate of photosynthesis

C1.3.8 Carbon dioxide enrichment experiments

C1.3.9 Photosystems (HL)

C1.3.10 Advantages of the structured array of different types of pigment molecules (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 photosynthesis reactions (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 (HL)

C1.3.19 Interdependence of the light-dependent and light-independent reactions (HL)