PHOTOSYNTHESIS QUIZ REVIEW

PHOTOSYNTHESIS QUIZ REVIEW

Name____________________

Directions: Fill in the blanks with photosynthesis and plant terms.


_____________________ is the biological process by which plants use light energy to convert atmospheric CO2 to sugar.


___________________  occurs primarily in the leaves.


_____________________ is the biological process in which plants draw water from the soil into their roots and up through their stems to the leaves. Plants must constantly have their ________________ in water or __________________________ will cause the plants to dry out.


The reproductive structures of plants are their _____________________; seeds form when the ____________________ from one flower fertilizes an ____________________ in the _____________________ of the same or different flower.


The plant uses ______________ and _________________ in the sugar molecules to make leaves, roots, stems, ______________ and finally ________________.

Plants, like all other organisms, must ___________________ in order to be successful.

CO₂
in photosynthesis is used to

a. release oxygen in the light dependent reactions	c. form an unstable 6 carbon sugar during the light dependent reactions
b. release oxygen in the light independent reactions	d. form an unstable 6 carbon sugar during the light independent reactions

To
make one molecule of glucose, which of the following is true?

a. Calvin cycle must turn 3 times requiring a total of 9 ATP and 6 NADPH	c. Calvin cycle must turn 2 times to produce 2 PGAL
b. Calvin cycle must turn 6 times requiring a total of 18 ATP and 12 NADPH	d. 1 PGAL is required from 1 turn of the Calvin Cycle

19. The
    balanced equation that is used to represent photosynthesis is

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    a. C6H12O6 + O2 CO2 + H2O + energy	c. CO2 + H2O + energy C6H12O6 + O2
    b. C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy	d. 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy C6H12O6 + 6O2

    
    

20. The
    primary energy source needed for the light independent
    reactions to occur is

    
    

a. sunlight	c. ATP
b. ADP + P	d. NADPH

LAB ACTIVITY ANALYSIS

1. On your graph, what do the 3 lines represent in the plants' growth stage?

___________________  __________________  ___________________

2. How did your plant growth depend on the weather of the game?


3. Do successful strategies have a certain period of time where there is rapid leaf growth? rapid root growth?


4. When do successful strategies seem to make the most flowers? Did this plan work every time? Explain