Questions and Answers
Photosynthesis
1.
The products of photosynthesis are
sugar and oxygen, water and carbon dioxide, sugar and water, oxygen and water
2.
.... is the final electron acceptor in photosystem I
3.
Which best describes light-independent reactions?
They utilize the energy stored in ATP and NADPH.
4.
Organism that performs the most photosynthesis on earth:
algae
5.
Special organelles in phototrophic cells that are the place of photosynthesis:
Chloroplasts
6.
Pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs sunlight and reflects colors other than green
caretonoids
7.
What does the equation [ Sunlight +6H20 + 6CO2--&rt; C6H1206 +6O2 ] represent?
photosynthesis
8.
Energy is never created or destroyed, it only is transfered from one thing to another.
true
9.
Light-harvesting complexes, excited by photons of light, are made of
proteins, cofactors, and pigment
10.
When electrons are passed through an electron transport chain, released energy
is transformed into a hydrogen ion gradient to drive ATP synthesis.
11.
Why do plants appear green?
They reflect green light.
12.
When a photon of light energy reaches a reaction center chlorophyll molecule, what becomes excited?
an electron
13.
Light Independent Reaction of Photosynthesis is called
Calvin Cycle
14.
Product of photosynthesis is:
C6H12O6 + 6O2
15.
Reactants of Photosynthesis are:
6H20 + 6CO2