Photosynthesis

What are the products of photosynthesis?

• oxygen and carbon dioxide

• carbon dioxide and water

• oxygen and glucose

• water and glucose

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What is the chemical formula for glucose?

• C₆H₁₂O₆

• C₁₂H₆O₁₂

• C₆H₆O₁₂

• C₆O₂H₆

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Why are plants usually green?

• Chlorophyll reflects green light

• Accessory pigments combine to make green

• Chlorophyll absorbs green light

• Accessory pigments only absorb green light

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Which choice correctly shows the gases that enter and exit plants during photosynthesis?

• Enter: Oxygen

  Exit: Carbon dioxide

• Enter: Carbon dioxide

  Exit: Oxygen

• Enter: Water vapor

  Exit: Glucose

• Enter: Light

  Exit: Water vapor

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After photosynthesis, plants store their energy as _________ .

• chlorophyll

• glucose (sugar)

• pigment

• Oxygen

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Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

• CO₂ + light + H₂O --> O₂ + Sugar

• _O2 + light + H₂O --> CO₂ + Sugar

• CO₂ + sugar + H₂O --> O₂ + light

• CO₂ + O₂ + H₂O --> Light+ Sugar

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A student is collecting the gas given off from a plant in bright sunlight at a temperature of 27°C. The gas being collected is probably ________.

• oxygen

• ATP

• carbon dioxide

• glucose

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Chlorophyll absorbs a higher percentage of _____ and _______ light.

• green and purple

• red and blue

• black and orange

• yellow and green

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If carbon dioxide is completely removed from a plant’s environment, what would you expect to happen to the plant’s production of high-energy sugars (rate of photosynthesis)?

• Sugar production will likely increase.

• The rate of sugar production will decrease.

• Fewer sugars will be produced at first, but then the plant will recover.

• Sugars will not be produced.

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How would light intensity generally affect the rate of photosynthesis?

• Increases the rate, up to a point

• Decreases the rate

• Increases the rate

• No relationship to the rate

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