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Photosynthesis

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Organisms that use light energy or chemical energy & inorganic molecules to synthesise complex organic molecules are called..

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Chemoautotrophs

c)

Photoautotrophs

d)

Heterotrophs

2.

Organisms that use light energy & inorganic molecules to synthesise complex organic molecules are called...

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Photoautotrophs

c)

Chemoautotrophs

d)

Heterotrophs

3.

Organisms that ingest and digest complex organic molecules, releasing the chemical potential energy stored in them are called...

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Photoautotrophs

c)

Chemoautotrophs

d)

Heterotrophs

4.

What is A?

a)

Thylakoid

b)

Granum

c)

Inter-granal lamellae

d)

Stroma

e)

Outer membrane

5.

What is B?

a)

Thylakoid

b)

Granum

c)

Inter-granal lamellae

d)

Stroma

e)

Outer membrane

6.

What is C?

a)

Thylakoid

b)

Granum

c)

Inter-granal lamellae

d)

Stroma

e)

Outer membrane

7.

What is D?

a)

Thylakoid

b)

Granum

c)

Inter-granal lamellae

d)

Stroma

e)

Outer membrane

8.

Where do the light dependent reactions occur?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

9.

Where do the light independent reactions occur?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

10.

Where is RUBISCO located?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

11.

What is A?

a)

Palisade mesophyll

b)

Waxy cuticule

c)

Spongy mesophyll

d)

Upper epidermis

e)

Stomata

12.

What is C?

a)

Palisade mesophyll

b)

Waxy cuticule

c)

Spongy mesophyll

d)

Upper epidermis

e)

Stomata

13.

Which label allows for increased diffusion of gases into photosynthesising cells?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

14.

Where does MOST photosynthesis occur on this diagram?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

e)

E

15.

Where does photolysis occur within a chloroplast?

a)

Outer membrane

b)

Stroma

c)

Thylakoid lumen

d)

Thylakoid membrane

e)

Intergranal lamellae

16.

What is the peak absorption of photosystem 1?

a)

640nm

b)

680nm

c)

700nm

d)

720nm

17.

What is the peak absorption of photosystem 2?

a)

640nm

b)

680nm

c)

700nm

d)

720nm

18.

In a photosystem, what is in the reaction centre?

a)

Chlorophyll a

b)

Chlorophyll b

c)

Carotene

d)

Xanthophyll

19.

During cyclic photophosphorylation, where do the electrons emitted from photosystem 1 end up?

a)

In photosystem 2

b)

Combined with protons to form oxygen

c)

Combined with protons to form NADPH

d)

In photosystem 1

20.

During non-cyclic photophosphorylation, where do the electrons emitted from photosystem 1 end up?

a)

In photosystem 2

b)

Combined with protons to form oxygen

c)

Combined with protons to form NADPH

d)

In photosystem 1

21.

During non-cyclic photophosphorylation, where do the electrons emitted from photosystem 2 end up?

a)

In photosystem 2

b)

Combined with protons to form oxygen

c)

Combined with protons to form NADPH

d)

In photosystem 1

22.

What products from the LDR are used in the LIR?

a)

ATP

b)

ADP + Pi

c)

NADP

d)

NADPH

23.

During which stage of the Calvin cycle is RUBISCO used?

a)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form an unstable compound (carboxylation)

b)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form G3P (carboxylation)

c)

When GP is converted to TP

d)

To regenerate oxaloacetate

24.

When is ATP used in the Calvin cycle?

a)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form an unstable compound

b)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form G3P

c)

When GP is converted to TP

d)

To regenerate oxaloacetate

25.

When is NADPH used in the Calvin cycle?

a)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form an unstable compound

b)

When RuBP combines with carbon dioxide to form G3P

c)

When GP is converted to TP

d)

To regenerate oxaloacetate

26.

On a hot, sunny day, which of the following is likely to be limiting the rate of photosynthesis?

a)

Temperature

b)

Carbon dioxide concentration

c)

Light intensity

27.

What is limiting the rate of photosynthesis at A?

a)

Light intensity

b)

Carbon dioxide concentration

c)

Temperature

28.

When light is removed from a photosynthesising plant, what happens to the levels of the following molecules?

a)

TP = increase

GP = Increase

RuBP = decrease

b)

TP = decrease

GP = decrease

RuBP = increase

c)

TP = decrease

GP = Increase

RuBP = decrease

d)

TP = increase

GP = Increase

RuBP = decrease

29.

If carbon dioxide levels fall below 0.01%, what will accumulate in a leaf?

a)

GP

b)

TP

c)

RuBP

d)

RUBISCO

30.

What is the name of the 5 carbon sugar in the Calvin cycle?

a)

Triose phosphate

b)

Glycerate 3-Phospate

c)

Ribulose bisphosphate

d)

Ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase