Photosynthesis Quiz

What is photosynthesis?

• plants and other organisms to convert light energy from the Sun into chemical energy 

• ¨Takes place in the chloroplasts of a plant cell

• contain several pigments and each pigment absorbs different wavelengths of visible light

Why is Photosynthesis Important?

• All heterotrophs use energy (glucose) produced by autotrophs either directly or indirectly

• Consumers make there own energy

• Producers use the energy from consumers

Where Does All Energy Come From?

• The SUN

• The Moon

• The Ocean

Photosynthesis Equation

• Carbon Dioxide + Glucose + 2 Carbons -->Oxygen

• Water + Glucose ----> Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide + Water -->Glucose + Oxygen

Where Does Photosynthesis Take Place?

• Takes place in the chloroplast

• Takes place in the mitochondria

• Within the nucleus

What is photolysis?

• Is the splitting of a cell

• is the splitting of water

• It is the splitting of the plant cell wall

Where does light Dependent Reactions Occur?

• Chloroplast

• Thylakoids

• Stroma

How Do Plants Get Water for Photosynthesis?

• 1.Chemical bond energy

• through the stomata

• absorbed through the roots

Why are Chloroplasts Green?

• Because plants are green

• Because of its cell wall

• Because of its chlorophyll

Where does light independent reactions occur?

• ¨Occur in the stroma

• ¨Occur in the thylakoids

• Occur in the nucleus