Effect of Light Intensity

Cards (3)

  • Three processes involve light: Absorbed by photosynthetic pigments and used to excite electrons in chlorophyll a, it is transduced to chemical energy (ATP) in chloroplasts and is needed for water photolysis (release protons)
  • Explain: Light intensity initial increase, increases photosynthesis and photophosphorylation rate; so more ATP and NADPH is produced, more GP can be reduced to TP in Calvin cycle, producing more glucose
  • Light Intensity Graph
    A) Zero
    B) no
    C) increases
    D) increases
    E) directly proportional
    F) limiting
    G) higher
    H) plateaus
    I) limiting