Photosynthesis

AP Biology· difficulty 3/5

During the light reactions, H⁺ accumulates in the

  • A

    Outer chloroplast envelope

  • B

    Thylakoid lumen

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  • C

    Stroma

  • D

    Cytoplasm

Explanation

Both water-splitting (releases H⁺ into the lumen) and the cytochrome complex (pumps H⁺ from stroma to lumen) build a proton gradient used by ATP synthase.

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