4.2 - Photosynthesis

Where does Photosynthesis take place in a plant cell?

• Nucleus

• Chloroplast

• cytoplasm

• mitochondria

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The following are the raw materials needed for photosynthesis: Sunlight, Carbon dioxide and water

• False

• True

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Identify this molecule

• Oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• water

• glucose

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Plants or plant like organisms that make their own food using energy from the sunlight are called ____

• Heterotrophs

• photoautotrophs

• chemoautotrophs

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Plant leaves appear green due to the presence of

• xanthophyll

• carotene

• chlorophyll

Answer explanation

Chlorophyll a and b absorb all other wavelengths of light, and reflect green.

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Where do the light independent reactions (Calvin Cycle) specifically occur?

• thylakoid membrane

• Stroma of the chloroplast

• Grana

• nuclear membrane

What is the term for a stack of thylakoids?

• stroma

• granum

• stomata

• matrix

T/F: Stomata / stoma close in hot, dry conditions to preserve water

• true

• false

Which of the following are high energy molecules created by the light dependent reactions and used by the Calvin cycle? Select all that apply.

• NADPH

• NADP+

• ADP

• ATP

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Light-absorbing colored molecules called _____ are found in the thylakoid membranes.

• granum

• pigments

• stroma

• carotenoids

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