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Photosynthesis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organelle is responsible making food (Glucose) using sunlight?

a)

Ribosomes

b)

Nucleus

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria

2.

Select all that are raw materials for Photosynthesis.

a)

Water

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sunlight (Light Energy)

e)

Glucose (Sugar/food)

3.

Select all that are products of Photosynthesis.

a)

Water

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Sunlight (Light Energy)

e)

Glucose (Sugar/food)

4.

What is the green pigment that "traps" sunlight?

a)

Chlorophyll

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

ATP

5.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
CO+ light + H2O --> O+ Sugar
b)
CO+ sugar + H2O --> O+ light
c)
O2 + light + H2O --> CO+ Sugar
d)
CO+ O2 + H2O --> Light+ Sugar
6.
What is the ultimate ORIGINAL source of energy for living things
a)
Sugar
b)
Sun
c)
Moon
d)
Carbon Dioxide
7.
Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon dioxide
8.
Which of these conditions would decrease the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
a)
Above average precipitation
b)
Changing the daylight hours from 14 hrs to 10 hrs
c)
Changing the CO2 concentration from 380 ppm to 410 ppm
d)
All of these choices
9.
What opens and close the stomata?
a)
guard cells
b)
xylem
c)
phloem
d)
cuticle
10.
The leaf has a shiny, waxy cuticle around it to
a)
increase the rate of photosynthesis
b)
attract more light
c)
control water loss
d)
stop carbon dioxide and oxygen gases escaping
11.
Most of the chloroplast cells are found in the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
pallisade mesophyll layer
c)
lower epidermis
d)
stomata
12.
The important gases, carbon dioxide and oxygen, enter and leave the leaf through the
a)
upper epidermis
b)
phloem
c)
stomata
d)
guard cells
13.

What is letter "D" pointing to?

a)

upper epidermis

b)

palisade mesophyll

c)

spongy mesophyll

d)

bundle sheath

14.

Which of the following is pointing to the "guard cell"?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

15.

Identify structure 10 in the diagram.

a)

Lower epidermis

b)

Vascular bundle

c)

Stomata

d)

Palisade mesophyll

16.
a)
Grana
b)
Thylakoid
c)
Stroma
d)
Jelly Filling
17.
a)
Flapjack Stack
b)
Grana
c)
Thylakoid
d)
Stroma
18.
Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
a)
carbon dioxide + water --> oxygen + glucose
b)
carbon dioxide + glucose + water --> oxygen 
c)
oxygen + water --> carbon dioxide + glucose
d)
glucose+ oxygen ---> water + carbon dioxide 
19.

The name for the splitting of water using light is...

a)

Reduction

b)

Hydrolysis

c)

Condensation

d)

Photolysis

20.
Which of the following is an example of an AUTOTROPH?
a)
Appletree
b)
Dog
c)
Mushroom
d)
Human