Chapter 8 Interactive Quiz
Photosynthesis
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1. Where do plants get the
energy they need to produce
food?
A.Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
B.Sunlight
C.Glucose
D.All of the above
E. None of the above
2. What is the role of ATP in cellular activities?
A. It is used by all cells as their basic energy
source.
B. It is one of the principal chemical
compounds that cells use to store and
release energy
C. It is able to power a variety of cellular
activities, including active transport across
cell membranes, protein synthesis, and
muscle contraction.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
3. What did the experiments of van Helmont,
Priestley, and Ingenhousz reveal about how
plants grow?
A. Led to work by other scientists
B. Led to the discovery that plants transform
carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates
C. Led to the discovery that plants release
oxygen
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
4. What is the overall equation for
photosynthesis?
A.
B. Glucose + Oxygen = Carbon Dioxide + Water +
Energy
C6H12O6+6O2=6CO2+6H2O+Energy
C. Glucose = Ethanol + Carbon Dioxide + Energy
C6H12O6=2C2H5OH+2CO2+Energy
5. What is the role of light and chlorophyll in
photosynthesis?
A. Light provides the energy.
B. Chlorophyll captures the energy.
C. Both of these.
D. None of these.
6.
What happens in the light-dependant
reactions?
A. Oxygen is produced.
B. 2 PGAL are converted into glucose.
C. Energy carriers ATP and NADP + are
made.
D. A & B only
E. A & C only
F. None of these
7. What happens in the Calvin
cycle?
A. Oxygen is produced.
B. 2 PGAL are converted into glucose.
C. Energy carriers ATP and NADP +
D. A & B only
E. A & C only
F. None of these