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photosynthesis 1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The main source of energy for all life comes from ____.

a)

the Earth

b)

the moon

c)

the sun

d)

the food we eat/make

2.

Most plants appear green because chlorophyll

a)

absorbs green light.

b)

reflects green light.

c)

absorbs violet light.

d)

does not absorb violet light.

3.

The reactants of photosynthesis are

a)

sugar and water.

b)

sugar and oxygen.

c)

carbon dioxide and water.

d)

carbon dioxide and oxygen.

4.

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 soil.

c)

Plants get the energy they need for photosynthesis from sunlight.

d)

Plants do not require energy to perform photosynthesis.

5.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

Carbon dioxide and water

b)

Carbon dioxide and oxygen

c)

Glucose, water and oxygen

d)

Glucose and water

6.

What pigment absorbs sunlight for photosynthesis?

a)

chloroplast

b)

grana

c)

thylakoid

d)

chlorophyll

7.

Which of the following is the correct equation for PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

a)

6CO2 + 12H2O --> 6O2 + C6H12O6 + 6H2O

b)

6CO2 + C6H12O6 + 6H2O --> O2

c)

C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6H2O + 6CO2

d)

6O2 + 6H2O --> 6CO2 + C6H12O6

8.

Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?

a)

hydrogen

b)

oxygen

c)

nitrogen

d)

carbon dioxide

9.

In this drawing of a chloroplast, which structure represents the thylakoid membrane?

a)

structure A

b)

structure B

c)

structure C

d)

structure D

e)

structure E

10.

How do H+ ions make their way from the stroma to the thylakoid interior?

a)

directly through the phospholipids of the thylakoid membrane

b)

through an electron transport chain molecule

c)

through the ATP synthase

d)

through photosystem II

e)

through photosystem

11.

Which of the following statements regarding photosynthesis and carbon dioxide is false?

a)

Most of the food humans eat can be traced back to photosynthetic plants.

b)

Burning fossil fuels release carbon dioxide that was removed from the atmosphere millions of years ago.

c)

Burning wood contributes more to acid rain than burning fossil fuels.

d)

Plants require carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight to make glucose.

e)

Because of their short growth period and self-regeneration, willows are more viable as a source of potential power than the trees in most natural forests.

12.

What is the name given to organisms that can make their own food and the food for the biosphere?

a)

heterotrophs

b)

manufacturers

c)

synthesizers

d)

chemotrophs

e)

producers

13.

Photoautotrophs

a)

make sugar by using organic raw materials.

b)

are only found on land.

c)

eat other organisms that use light energy to make food molecules.

d)

include only the green plants.

e)

produce organic molecules from inorganic molecules.

14.

In most green plants, chloroplasts are

a)

concentrated in the stomata.

b)

concentrated in a zone of leaf tissue called the mesophyll.

c)

concentrated in a portion of the leaf called the stroma.

d)

found throughout the plant.

e)

found throughout the leaf tissue.

15.

________ cells in leaves are specialized for photosynthesis.

a)

Sclerenchyma

b)

Companion

c)

Mesophyll

d)

Collenchyma

e)

Tracheid

16.

CO2 enters and O2 escapes from a leaf via

a)

grana.

b)

central vacuoles.

c)

stomata.

d)

stroma.

e)

thylakoids.

17.

Chloroplasts contain disklike membranous sacs arranged in stacks called

a)

cristae.

b)

stroma.

c)

grana.

d)

vacuoles.

e)

thylakoids.

18.

Where is chlorophyll found in a plant cell?

a)

stroma

b)

cristae

c)

thylakoid membranes

d)

matrix

e)

cytoplasm

19.

The oxygen released into the air as a product of photosynthesis comes from

a)

mitochondria.

b)

carbon dioxide.

c)

glucose.

d)

chlorophyll.

e)

water.

20.

Which of the following molecules is both a reactant and a product of photosynthesis?

a)

CO2

b)

H2O

c)

glucose

d)

chlorophyll

e)

O2

21.

If you expose a photosynthesizing plant to water that contains both radioactive H and radioactive O, in which of the products of photosynthesis will the radioactive H and O show up?

a)

H in water; O in glucose

b)

H in glucose and water; O in O2

c)

H in glucose and water; O in water and O2

d)

H and O both in glucose

e)

H in glucose; O in water

22.

What is the source of energy that provides the boost for electrons during photosynthesis?

a)

cellular respiration

b)

electromagnetism

c)

ATP

d)

light

e)

glucose

23.

Which of the following statements regarding photosynthesis is false ?

a)

Photosynthesis consumes CO2; respiration consumes O2.

b)

Photosynthesis produces O2; respiration produces CO2.

c)

The principal electron carrier in photosynthesis is NADPH; the principal electron carrier in respiration is NADH.

d)

Photosynthesis is ultimately powered by light energy and respiration by the chemical energy of fuel molecules.

e)

ATP is not produced during photosynthesis, but only during respiration.