Photosynthesis Quiz

What is the process that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into glucose and oxygen?

• Osmosis

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Respiration

What are the two types of reactions in photosynthesis?

• Light-dependent reactions and light-independent reactions

• Calvin cycle and Krebs cycle

• Light reactions and dark reactions

• Glycolysis and Electron transport chain

What is the name of the pigment that absorbs individual photons from the Sun in plants?

• Phycobilin

• Chlorophyll

• Xanthophyll

• Carotene

What is the name of the enzyme responsible for fixing CO2 onto Ribulose Bisphosphate in the Calvin Cycle?

• Rubisco

• PEP carboxylase

• RuBP carboxylase

• Carbonic anhydrase

What is the ultimate product of the Calvin Cycle?

• Cellulose

• Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate

• Starch

• Glucose

What is the byproduct of the reaction when RuBisCo slices Ribulose Bisphosphate with oxygen instead of CO2?

• Starch

• Glycine

• Phosphoglycolate

• Glucose

What is the name of the protein complex that contains at least 99 different chemicals including over 30 individual chlorophyll molecules?

• Photosystem II

• Photosystem I

• ATP Synthase

• Cytochrome Complex

What is the name of the enzyme that uses the energy from the electron to pump a proton into the thylakoid in the light-dependent reactions?

• Rubisco

• PEP carboxylase

• RuBP carboxylase

• Cytochrome Complex

What is the name of the enzyme that uses the energy from the electron to pack an inorganic phosphate onto ADP, making ATP in the light-dependent reactions?

• RuBP carboxylase

• PEP carboxylase

• ATP Synthase

• Rubisco

What is the name of the empty space in the chloroplast where the Calvin Cycle begins?

• Lumen

• Thylakoid

• Stroma

• Granum