Photosynthesis

Which organelle performs photosynthesis?

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• My phone

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Leaves look green because.....

• they eat their vegetables
• to blend into their environment
• they contain a molecule named chlorophyll
• they are sick

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Plants use ______ as food and a building block for growth.

• chlorophyll

• pigment

• glucose (sugar)

• Oxygen

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Light-dependent (aka Calvin Cycle) reactions take place in the thylakoid membrane of which plant organelle?

• thylakoid membrane

• stomata

• chloroplast

• mitochondria

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What is one reactant that heterotrophs (like us humans) breathe out that plants use?

• a camera and tripod

•  $CO_2\$  carbon dioxide

• roots, flowers, and bees

• glucose $C_6H_{12}O_{6_{ }}$  

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Plants are __________, they make their own food.

• Heterotrophs

• Autotrophs

• Mitochondria

• A black hole into an intergalactic void

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What is the chemical formula for water?

• H₂O
• HO₂
• CHO₂
• CO₂H

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What is the chemical formula for glucose?

• C₆H₁₂O₆
• C₆H₆O₁₂
• C₁₂H₆O₁₂
• C₆O₂H₆

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If carbon dioxide is completely removed from a plant’s environment, what would you expect to happen to the plant’s production of Glucose?

• Glucose production will increase.

• Glucose will not be produced.

• The rate of glucose production will decrease .

• Fewer glucose will be produced at first, but then the plant will recover.

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If we enclosed a plant in an air-proof bottle, what would happen to the rate of photosynthesis 

• Gradually slow down to zero because CO₂ is used up
• Shows a constant rate as long as the light remains on
• Gradually speeds up because O₂ builds up
• Gradually slows down because glucose builds up

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