STUDY GUIDE
Recommendations to follow:
1. Answers are thought to be short in most of the cases
2. Try as much as you can to connect the terms and understand the association between some of the
concepts in order to get the whole picture about the topic. Memorizing alone can give you probably
around a 70/100 in the exam, but some questions always require to connect two or more ideas to come up
with a short and precise answer.
3. If you understand these review questions you should do fine in the test, questions in the test will
variations of the same themes covered in these questions.
Ch10_Photosynthesis
1. Describe the reactants and products involved in the photosynthesis equation.
2. Which one of the products you described is the main goal of the photosynthesis process?
3. Why is the photosynthesis referred as an “anabolic” process? (First slide of cellular respiration
handouts).
4. Who provides the initial energy to begin with the photosynthesis?
5. Mention the organelle involved in the process of photosynthesis. Is this organelle present in ALL
autotrophs?
6. Why are plants able to trap sunlight?
7. Why do we see plants with a green color in general?
8. What are the possible accessory pigments and what is their role?
9. Mention the two stages of photosynthesis and the places within the chloroplast where these stages
take place.
10. Analyze both stages and answer the following questions.
a) In what stage is the Oxygen generated?
b) In what stage is the CO2 used?
c) In what stage is the H20 used? Why is the water molecule split into O2 and H+?
d) In what stage is the ATP produced? In which one it is used?
11. The actual first product of photosynthesis is NOT glucose, what is it? (what in general happens, is
that this product is converted to glucose and thousand of glucoses are bonded to make starch when
possible. The starch is stored at the very beginning in the chloroplast)
MCC Biological Principles
Based on work by Dr. Jose Bava