Photosynthesis

Question 0

What is chlorophyll?

Answer 0

Green pigment that traps light energy

Question 1

What is the discus shaped structure in the cell of a green leaf?

Answer 1

Chloroplast

Question 2

What is the form of energy trapped by chlorophyll and used in photosynthesis?

Answer 2

Light

Question 3

What is the first stage of photosynthesis?

Answer 3

Light reactions

Question 4

What is the raw material that is split into oxygen and hydrogen during the first stage?

Answer 4

Water

Question 5

What is the product of the splitting of water needed for carbon fixation?

Answer 5

Hydrogen

Question 6

What is the second stage of photosynthesis?

Answer 6

Carbon fixation

Question 7

What is the raw material that supplies carbon atoms to be fixed into carbohydrates?

Answer 7

Carbon dioxide

Question 8

What is the high energy compound that provides energy to drive carbon fixation?

Answer 8

ATP

Question 9

What is the type of carbohydrate formed as a product of photosynthesis?

Answer 9

Sugar

Question 10

What is the form of energy contained in carbohydrate formed by photosynthesis?

Answer 10

Chemical

Question 11

What is the complex carbohydrate stored in plant cells?

Answer 11

Starch

Question 12

What is the complex carbohydrate used to construct plant cell walls?

Answer 12

Cellulose

Question 13

What is the general term for a factor, when in short supply, reduces or limits the rate of photosynthesis?

Answer 13

Limiting factor

Question 14

What is photosynthesis?

Answer 14

It is the process in which green plants make their own food

Question 15

What happens in the first stage of photosynthesis (the light reactions)?

Answer 15

~chlorophyll captures light energy to convert into chemical energy
~water molecules are split into hydrogen and oxygen
~oxygen is a by-product and is released into surrounding air