Photosynthesis Review

Which of the following is NOT true about producers?

• The begin every food chain

• They are the most abundant organism in an ecosystem

• They are the foundation (base) of an ecosystem

• They use sunlight to warm their bodies

Another name for a producer, or an organism that makes its own food is

• Eater

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Omnivore

What is the energy source for photosynthesis?

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

• Sunlight

• Glucose

• Oxygen

What is the organelle that performs photosynthesis?

• Nucleus

• Cell Wall

• Chloroplast

• Stoma

The goal of photosynthesis is to make __________ as a product?

This reactant of photosynthesis enters through the leaves from the air.

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

• Sunlight

• Glucose

• Oxygen

This reactant of photosynthesis enters through the roots and travels through the veins.

• Carbon Dioxide

• Water

• Sunlight

• Glucose

• Oxygen

This gas is the waste product of photosynthesis and exits through the leaves and into the air.

• Carbon dioxide

• Water

• Sunlight

• Glucose

• Oxygen

How many carbon dioxide molecules are needed to make one glucose molecule?

• 6

• 1

• 4

• 24

What is responsible for water molecules being broken apart during photosynthesis?

• RuBisCo enzyme

• The chloroplast

• Sunlight

• The thykaloid stack