Photosynthesis Self Quiz #1
1. The stacks of flattened sacs that contain pigments are called…
a. stroma
b. chlorophyll
c. thylakoids
d. lumen
2. How does carbon dioxide enter a plant?
a. stroma
b. granum
d. lumen
c. stoma
3. Plants produce which two products in photosynthesis?
a. nitrogen and glucose
c. oxygen and glucose
b. glucose and carbon dioxide
d. carbon dioxide and oxygen
4. Plant cells have…
a. mitochondria only
b. chloroplasts only
c. both mitochondria and chloroplasts
d. neither mitochondria or chloroplasts
5. What is the role of NADPH in photosynthesis?
a. storing energy
b. storing carbon dioxide
c. storing light
d. storing water
6. The correct description of the relationship between photosynthesis and the living world is…
a. heterotrophs are called "hetero" because they change sunlight energy into chemical energy
b. herbivores, carnivores and omnivores are autotrophs since they can "eat for themselves."
c. all heterotrophs are ultimately dependent upon food produced by autotrophs.
d. herbivores are autotrophs, carnivores are heterotrophs, and omnivores are half autotrophs and
half heterotrophs.
7. Which of the following molecules is produced during the light-dependent reactions of
photosynthesis and used in the light-dependent reactions?
a. oxygen and glucose
d. NADPH and ATP
b. carbon dioxide, NADPH, and ATP
e. NADH and ATP
c. oxygen, NADPH, and ATP
8. Which photosynthetic reaction involves the splitting of water?
a. photosystem I
c. electron transport chain
b. photosystem II
d. dark reactions
9. What is the role of the electron transport chain in the light reactions?
a. movement of protons
b. movement of NADPH molecules
c. movement of oxygen molecules
d. production of glucose molecules
e. production of electrons