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photosynthesis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

What do plants give off after photosynthesis?

a)

Oxygen

b)

carbon

c)

hysrogen

d)

nitrogen

2.

What molecule absorbs sunlight during photosynthesis?

a)

thylakoid

b)

granum

c)

chlorophyll

d)

chloroplast

3.

Which statement about photosynthesis is correct?

a)

Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from water.

b)

Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from sunlight.

c)

Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from soil.

d)

Plants do not require energy to perform photosynthesis.

4.

Which of the following is NOT a product of the light reactions?

a)

Oxygen

b)

ATP

c)

NADPH

d)

Glucose

5.

What is the main purpose of the light dependent reactions?

a)

To provide the energy for the Calvin cycle

b)

To reflect green light

c)

To capture energy and make sugar

d)

To make sugars

6.

The gel-like material that surrounds the grana is called ____

a)

lamellae

b)

thylakoid

c)

stroma

d)

stoma

7.

ATP gets formed in the light dependent reaction by which process?

a)

Chemiosmosis

b)

electro transport chain

c)

photosmosis

d)

active transport

8.

Which of the following equations represents the overall chemical reaction for photosynthesis?

a)

6O2+ 6H2O → C6H12O6+ 6O2

b)

C6H12O6 + 6H2O→ 6O2+ 6O2

c)

6CO2+ 6H2O→ C6H12O6+ 6O2

d)

6O2 + 6H2O→ C6H12O6 + 6CO2

9.

What is the purpose of splitting water in PSII of the light dependent reaction?

a)

There is no purpose

b)

To produce Oxygen for animals

c)

Provides e- for PSII

d)

Provides e- for PSII and H+ for the thylakoid space

10.

In a light-dependent reaction, water and sunlight is needed to make oxygen and _____.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

ATP

c)

chlorophyll

d)

hydrogen

11.

What are the products of the light independent reaction?

a)

hexose sugar

b)

triose phosphate

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

RuBP

12.

What happens to NADPH and ATP after they are used in the Calvin Cycle?

a)

they recycle back to the light reactions

b)

they are used to make G3P

c)

nothing happen

d)

they are used to make RuBP

13.

What happens to the remaining G3P molecules in the last step of the dark reactions?

a)

They are used to make glucose.

b)

They exit the cycle.

c)

They are reshuffled to make CO2 by adding ATP.

d)

They are reshuffled to make RuBP by adding ATP.

14.

The Calvin Cycle occurs in the ___________.

a)

stroma

b)

thylakoid membrane

c)

chlorophyll

d)

strach granule

15.

Which enzyme joins CO2 and RuBP?

a)

NADP+ reductase

b)

ATP synthase

c)

rubisco

d)

PEP carboxylase

16.

What are the products in reduction phase if 6 molecules of carbon dioxide enter the cycle?

a)

Two molecules of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and 12 NADP++ Pi

b)

12 NADP+ + Pi

c)

Two molecules of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate

d)

Six molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate

17.

Thylakoids are arranged in stacks called ____.

a)

Lamellae

b)

Granum

c)

Stroma

d)

strach granule

18.

Which of these is NOT A TRUE statement about why photosynthesis is important:

a)

It captures and makes the sun's energy available to all species

b)

It helps plants create energy to send to rest of food chain

c)

It turns deadly CO2 into Oxygen for us to breath

d)

It makes the water for our planet

19.

Because plants carry out photosynthesis, they are considered _____.

a)

heterotrophs

b)

consumers

c)

autotrophs

d)

unicellular

20.

Why are plants usually green?

a)

Because the chlorophyll reflects green light

b)

Because the accessory pigments combine to make green

c)

Because the chlorophyll absorbs green light

d)

Because the accessory pigments only absorb green light