Photosynthesis

1. Which of the following statements best describes the process of photosynthesis?

• a. Plants use oxygen to make simple sugars.

• b. Chlorophyll builds sugars in the thylakoid membrane.

• c. Light breaks down water molecules and releases carbon dioxide.

• d. Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and store chemical energy.

2. What is the term for an organism that makes its own source of chemical energy?

• a. decomposer

• b. producer

• c. chloroplast

• d. protest

3. The main light-absorbing molecules found in plant leaves are called

• a. chloroplasts.

• b. thylakoids

• c. chlorophyll.

• d. grana.

4. The function of the light-dependent reactions is to when it

• a. build sugars.

• b. capture and transfer energy.

• c. release carbon dioxide.

• d. form water molecules.

5. The light-independent reactions of photosynthesis need

• a. carbon dioxide.

• b. oxygen.

• c. water.

• d. cellulose.

6. Which term is the part of photosynthesis when light energy is captured and transferred to a molecule, such as ATP?

• Chloroplhyll

• Thylakoid

• Light-Independent reactions

• Light-dependent reactions.

7. Which are the reactants of photosynthesis? products?

• a. Reactants: Water, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide

  Products: Glucose and sunlight

• b. Reactants: Water, Carbon Dioxide and Sunlight

  Products: ATP and Water

• c. Reactants: Water, Carbon Dioxide and Sunlight

  Products: Glucose and Oxygen

8. Which of the descriptions below best describes photosynthesis?

• a. C6H12O6 + O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O

• b. an ATP-making process that occurs in the mitochondria

• c. sunlight energy is stored in carbon-based molecules like glucose

• d. chemical energy is released when glucose is broken down into carbon dioxide.

9.What are the products of photosynthesis?

• a. Carbon dioxide and water

• b. Oxygen and ATP

• c. Glucose and Oxygen

• d. ATP and NADPH

10.Freebie! Get the question right and pick A

• A

• Not A

• Definitely not A

• Don't pick this one