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Photosynthesis

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the products of photosynthesis?

a)

Carbon Dioxide and water

b)

NADPH and ATP

c)

Sugar

d)

Glucose Oxygen and Water

2.

What type of organisms are capable of photosynthesis?

a)

Prokaryotes

b)

Autotrophs

c)

Heterotrophs

d)

Both autotrophs and heterotrophs

3.

What type of energy is needed for photosynthesis to begin?

a)

kinetic

b)

chemical

c)

electromagnetic

d)

Thermal

4.

What step produces oxygen from water and turns NADP+ into NADPH?

a)

Light-dependent reactions

b)

Calvin cycle

c)

Light-independent cycle

d)

Krebs Cycle

5.

The Calvin cycle reactions produce sugar from (a)  

6.

The space surrounding thylakoids is called

a)

Grana

b)

Lumen

c)

Stroma

d)

Chloroplast

7.

Most common pigment in thylakoids

a)

Green color

b)

Chlorophylls

c)

Carotenoids

d)

Xanthophylls

8.

What are the accessory pigments in plants?

a)

Xanthophylls and Carotenoids

b)

Chlorophyll a and Chlorophyll b

c)

Melanin and Myoglobin

d)

Luciferin and Anthocyanins

9.

Where does the light reactions occur?

a)

Cytosol

b)

Stroma

c)

Mitochondrial matrix

d)

Thylakoid membrane

10.

Electrons from ________ produce a proton motive force that drives ATP synthesis

a)

Photosystem 1

b)

Photosystem 2

c)

The electron transport chain

d)

Photons

11.

Electrons from ________ produce NADPH

a)

Photosystem 1

b)

Photosystem 2

c)

The electron transport chain

d)

Photons

12.

Type of phosphorylation that occurs in photosynthesis is called

a)

Oxidative phosphorylation

b)

Substrate-level phosphorylation

c)

Photophosphorylation

d)

Phosphorylation kinases

13.

The primary electron acceptor in photosystem 2

a)

Pheophytin

b)

Plastoquinone

c)

Cytochrome

d)

Ubiquinone

14.

The electrons are shuttled away by __________ to the Cytochrome Complex

a)

Plastoquinone

b)

NADPH

c)

ATP

d)

Antenna Complex

15.

In Photosystem 1 the electron carrier is ________

a)

Pheophytin

b)

Plastoquinone

c)

Ubiquinone

d)

Ferredoxin

16.

Input of the Calvin Cycle

a)

H20

b)

O2

c)

CO2

d)

Sucrose

17.

What process in the Calvin cycle produces sugar from carbon dioxide?

a)

Light-dependent reactions

b)

Phosphorylation

c)

Protein Synthesis

d)

Carbon fixation

18.

What molecule is made at the end of the Calvin Cycle

a)

Starch

b)

Cellulose

c)

G3P

d)

Sucrose

19.

In the Calvin Cycle CO2 reacts with a five-carbon compound called

a)

Ribulose bisphosphate

b)

Adenosine phosphate

c)

Rubisco

d)

Phosphoglycerate

20.

The CO2 fixing enzyme is...

a)

Ribulose bisphosphate

b)

Adenosine phosphate

c)

Rubisco

d)

Phosphoglycerate

21.

What are the plant pores that help regulate gas exchange?

a)

Stomata

b)

Stroma

c)

Lumen

d)

Lamella

22.

Photorespiration

a)

Consumes CO2 and releases O2

b)

Consumes O2 and releases fixed CO2

c)

Uses light to make O2

d)

Uses sugar to make CO2

23.

C3 Plants

a)

No special features to combat photorespiration

b)

Minimize photorespiration by separating carbon fixation and calvin cycle in different cell types

c)

Plants minimize photorespiration and save water by separating steps between night and day

24.

C4 Plants

a)

No special features to combat photorespiration

b)

Minimize photorespiration by separating carbon fixation and calvin cycle in different cell types

c)

Plants minimize photorespiration and save water by separating steps between night and day

25.

Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) plants

a)

No special features to combat photorespiration

b)

Minimize photorespiration by separating carbon fixation and calvin cycle in different cell types

c)

Plants minimize photorespiration and save water by separating steps between night and day