Photosynthesis Game Worksheet - Jenn Fitzgerald | Library

Use the link below to access the Bioman Interactive Photosynthesis Game. 
https://biomanbio.com/HTML5GamesandLabs/PhotoRespgames/photointeractivehtml5page.html

Work with a partner. One of you should have the game open, and one of you should have the questions open. As you navigate through the game answer the questions. 

Once at the website wait patiently for the program to load. Select "start a new game" and begin your mission:

The controls: Use the ARROW keys to control your ship

Required

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Who is your partner?

The Leaf Anatomy
Double click to select "leaf anatomy" and pilot your ship to the site of photosynthesis. 

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Where will you be heading?

Click "next"
In this interactive experience, you will be exploring the leaf and the chloroplast to learn exactly where the steps of photosynthesis occur. When you click "next", you will get a zoomed in look at a side view of leaf tissues and the cells that makeup these tissues. 

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Looking at the image of the leaf tissues, where are the chloroplasts mostly found within the plant cells?

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There are chloroplasts found in the leaf epidermis.

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What is the function of the stoma (stomata)?

Click "next" and pilot your ship to the cells primarily responsible for doing photosynthesis. 

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What are the cells most responsible for doing photosynthesis?

Click "next" and fly to the organelle that performs photosynthesis. When you are there, click "next" to see its internal structure. 

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What are the green disks called?

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What happens in the green disks?

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What is the fluid/space surrounding the disks called?

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What happens in this fluid/space?

Click "next" and then "next" to return to the main menu. 

Light-Dependent Reactions
Double click to select "light-dependent reactions" and zoom in on the thylakoid membrane to see how the light reactions work. 

Watch the animation of the light-dependent reactions and pay close attention. Fill in the blank of the steps you observe. 

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What happens in step 1?

These excited electrons then leave Photosystem II and begin to travel down the proteins of the electron transport chain. 

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What happens in step 2?

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* The excited electrons continue their journey down the electron transport chain. 
* As the electrons travel down the chain, _______ across the membrane into the thylakoid space. 
*This results in a _______ 
The H+ will naturally move from _______ by _______ . The only place on the membrane that lets the H+ pass through is a protein called _______ .
*The diffusion of H+ ions through ATP synthase causes ATP synthase to rotate allowing ATP synthase to _______ .

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What happens to this ATP?

Now let's return to our electrons and finish their journey down the electron transport chain. 
The electrons continue down the electron transport chain to Photosystem I. 
Light strikes Photosystem I causing the electrons to get excited again. 

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These electrons then continue down a second electron transport chain and are used to _______ .

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What is NADPH?

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What does NADPH do with the electrons?

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What did the light reactions use?

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What did the light reactions make?

Now it's your turn!!!
Drag and drop the stuff on the screen to make the light-dependent reactions happen. You will start with photolysis. 

The Calvin Cycle
Double click to select the "Calvin Cycle" and study the Calvin cycle diagram and when you are ready to perform the Calvin cycle yourself click "next". 

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Phase 1: Carbon Fixation-What happens here?

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Phase 2: Reduction- What changes that 3-Phosphoglycerate into G3P?

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One molecule of G3P leaves the Calvin cycle and will be used to form _______ once the cycle repeats.

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Phase 3: Regeneration of RuBP- What happens to the remaining 5 G3P molecules?

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What is required for the regeneration of RuBP?

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The Calvin cycle can now start over again and continue to do what?

Now that you've played through the process of Photosynthesis complete the Photosynthesis Check-In on your own. 
Each person needs to complete and submit their own Check-In.