Photosynthesis Dark and Light Reactions

When oxygen is released as a result of photosynthesis, it is a direct by-product of____

• reducing NADP+

• splitting water molecules

• chemiosmosis

• electron transfer in photosystem 1

Which of the following processes is most directly driven by light energy?

• carbon fixation in stroma

• reduction of NADP molecules

• ATP Synthesis

• removal of electrons from membrane-bound chlorophyll molecules

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What is the primary function of the light reactions of photosynthesis?

• To produce glucose

• To produce NADPH and ATP

• To use ATP

• To produce RuBP

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What supplies the electrons that are lost in PS I?

• the electrons from PS II

• water

• glucose

• oxygen

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The light reactions occur in the ________ and the dark reactions take place in the ________.

• Chloroplast / thylakoid membrane

• stroma / thylakoid

• mesophyl / stomata

• thylakoid membrane / stroma

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If the proton (H+) pump in the thylakoid was not working which molecule could not be made during the light reaction?

• NADPH

• ATP

• Water

• Oxygen gas

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ATP is made during the light reaction using all of the following EXCEPT

• proton pump

• hydrogen ion gradient

• electron energy from photosystem II

• NADPH donating electrons

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_________________ are the products of the light-dependent reactions.

• chloroplast and light

• water and sugars

• ATP, NADPH and OXYGEN

Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

• Stroma

• thylakoid

• thylakoid space

• matrix

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Where does the carbon come from that is used to form glucose?

• The soil

• CO₂ in the air

• From other carbohydrates

• Calvin Cycle

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