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Photosynthesis!

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

2.

What is reduced in photosynthesis?

a)

Glucose is reduced into carbon dioxide

b)

Carbon dioxide is reduced into glucose

c)

Water is reduced into oxygen

d)

Oxygen is reduced into water

3.

What is oxidized in photosynthesis?

a)

Glucose is oxidized into carbon dioxide

b)

Carbon dioxide is oxidized into glucose

c)

Water is oxidized into oxygen

d)

Oxygen is oxidized into water

4.

Which colors does chlorophyll reflect? Select all that apply!

a)

Red

b)

Orange

c)

Green

d)

Blue

5.

What is the term for an energy transfer between the electrons of adjacent pigment molecules?

a)

Excited electron

b)

Photosystem

c)

Resonance energy transfer

d)

Photon

e)

Light reactions

6.

How does the chloroplast transform light energy into chemical energy? Select all that apply!

a)

e- are donated to an e- acceptor

b)

Excited e- produce light or heat

c)

Resonance energy transfers within a photosystem

d)

Light energy is stored in glucose molecules

e)

Excited e- transfer energy to a central chlorophyll molecule

7.

Which colors do carotenoids reflect? Select all that apply!

a)

Red

b)

Orange

c)

Green

d)

Blue

8.

What are the products of the light reactions? Select all that apply!

a)

Water

b)

Oxygen

c)

NADPH

d)

Glucose

e)

ATP

9.

Light reactions occur in the _____ and the Calvin Cycle occurs in the _____.

a)

Mito matrix ; inner mito membrane

b)

Granum ; thylakoid membrane

c)

Lumen ; stroma

d)

Thylakoid membrane ; stroma

10.

_____ replenishes the electrons lost by Photosystem II

a)

Oxygen

b)

e- from Photosystem I

c)

Water

d)

Glucose

e)

Carbon dioxide

11.

What is the final electron acceptor in the light reactions?

a)

NAD+

b)

NADP+

c)

NADPH

d)

Oxygen

e)

Water

12.

What connects Photosystem II and Photosystem I?

a)

An enzyme that reduces NADP+

b)

The Calvin Cycle

c)

ATP synthase

d)

An electron transport chain

13.

In which stage of the Calvin Cycle is the enxyme RUBISCO used?

a)

Carbon fixation

b)

Oxidation phase

c)

Reduction phase

d)

Regeneration phase

14.

How many times must the Calvin Cycle proceed for one glucose molecule to be produced?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Six

e)

Twelve

15.

Which phases of the Calvin Cycle require ATP? Select all that apply!

a)

Carbon fixation

b)

Oxidation phase

c)

Reduction phase

d)

Regeneration phase

e)

Glycolysis

16.

What are the THREE possible destinies for an excited electron?

a)

It produces light and/or heat

b)

Resonance

c)

It hits a central chlorophyll pigment

d)

It synthesizes a pigment

e)

It travels to the mitochondria