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PHOTOSYNTHESIS EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What are the three parts of an ATP molecule?

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Adenine, ribose, and three phosphate groups Question 2: Where do the hydrogen ions for the photosystems of the light-dependent reactions come from?

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Water

Question 3: The major atmospheric byproduct of photosynthesis is...

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Oxygen

Question 4: What is the role of NADP+ in photosynthesis?

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Electron carrier

Question 5: Low temperatures may cause photosynthesis to occur...

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More slowly Question 6: At a hydrogen ion pump of the thylakoid membrane, energy from electrons is used to make ______.

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ATP Question 7: Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into...

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Oxygen and high-energy sugars

Question 8: The Calvin cycle takes place in the...

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Stroma

Question 9: Where do the light-dependent reactions take place?

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Within the thylakoid membranes Question 10: Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from external sources are called...

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Heterotrophs

Question 11: ATP is composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar, and...

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Three phosphate groups

Question 12: Most of the energy used by life on Earth comes from the...

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Sun

Question 13: Describe the process of photosynthesis

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Chloroplast absorbs sunlight and stores chemical energy

Question 14: Because of photosynthesis the atmosphere is rich in what gas?

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Oxygen gas Question 15: Light energy is converted to chemical energy through the process of...

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Photosynthesis

Question 16: True or false?

Used ATP is discarded by the cell as waste.

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False

Question 17: Plants gather energy with light-absorbing molecules called...

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Pigments Question 18: If you continue to increase the intensity of the light that a plant receives, what happens?

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The rate of photosynthesis increases then levels off

Question 19: Most plants appear green because chlorophyll...

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Does not absorb green light

Question 20: True or false?

Chlorophyll is a part of an ATP molecule

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False

Question 21: Products of the light reactions of photosynthesis that are required by the dark reaction are...

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ATP and NADPH

Question 22: What is described by the following sentence?

A series of proteins located in the thylakoid membrane?

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Electron transport chain in photosynthesis

Question 23: Organisms, such as plants, that make their own food are called...

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Autotrophs

Question 24: The Calvin cycle is another name for the...

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Light-independent reactions

Question 25: Energy is released from ATP when...

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A phosphate group is removed Question 26: In the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis what enters the Calvin cycle and what is produced

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CO2 enters the Calvin cycle and sugars are made

Question 27: What happens during photosynthesis?

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Autotrophs produce carbohydrates

Question 28: Where are PSI and PSII found?

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In the thylakoid membrane