IB Biology Topic C1.3: Photosynthesis Notes

C1.3.1 Transformation of light energy to chemical energy

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C1.3.2 Conversion of carbon dioxide to glucose in photosynthesis

4 minute read

C1.3.3 Oxygen as a by-product of photosynthesis

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C1.3.4 Separation and identification of photosynthetic pigments by chromatography

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C1.3.5 Absorption of specific wavelengths of light by photosynthetic pigments

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C1.3.6 Similarities and differences of absorption and action spectra

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C1.3.7 The effects of limiting factors on the rate of photosynthesis

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C1.3.8 Carbon dioxide enrichment experiments

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C1.3.9 Photosystems (HL)

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

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C1.3.11 Generation of oxygen by the photolysis of water in photosystem II (HL)

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C1.3.12 ATP production by chemiosmosis in thylakoids (HL)

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C1.3.13 Reduction of NADP by photosystem I (HL)

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C1.3.14 Thylakoids as systems for performing the light-dependent photosynthesis reactions (HL)

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C1.3.15 Carbon fixation by Rubisco (HL)

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C1.3.16 Synthesis of triose phosphate using reduced NADP and ATP (HL)

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C1.3.17 Regeneration of RuBP in the Calvin cycle using ATP (HL)

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C1.3.18 Synthesis of carbohydrates, amino acids and other carbon compounds (HL)

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

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