Question

Hydrogen ions are important in the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis because they produce a

Answer 1

Answer:

a. the production of ATP

Explanation:

Photosynthesis is type of biosynthesis that produces glucose from the reactants sunlight, carbon dioxide and water. It happens in two phases of the chloroplast, the light-dependent and light-independent reactions. In a light reaction that stimulates photosystems, pigments such as chlorophyll absorb light energy at specific wavelengths.  Here,

• Light energy stimulates photosystem complexes formed from chlorophyll. Photosystem II then absorbs and transfers light to a reaction core.
• Water undergoes hydrolysis or splitting to yield an electron, a proton (H+) and oxygen.
• energy is passed along the electron transport chain, where it forms builds up H+ and an electrochemical gradient in the thylakoid space
• These protons pass through the ATPase enzyme embedded within the membrane, into the stroma, generating ATP from ADP.
• NADPH is generated from NADP+