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Photosynthesis Study Guide
1. State the definition of energy.____________________________________
a. Why it is important to living things?
b. How it can be stored in living things?
2. Explain what an autotroph and a heterotroph is and give examples of each.
3. State the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis.
4. List the 3 requirements of photosynthesis.
5. List the products of photosynthesis.
6. Where does photosynthesis take place?
7. Which colors of light does chlorophyll:
a. absorb?
b. reflects?
8. Draw a chloroplast. Label, and give the function of the parts of a chloroplast that
we discussed in class.
9. What is ATP?
a. What is it used for in the cell?
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2 main reactions of photosynthesis:
10. Light Reactions
a. where do they take place?
b. What do they use?
c. What do they produce?
d. Do they require light?
11. Dark Reactions/ Light Independent Reactions/ Calvin Cycle
a. Where do they take place?
b. What do they use?
c. What do they produce?
d. Do they require light?
12. Why is glucose important to organisms other than plants?