Photosynthesis

Question 1

How does energy enter the ecosystem?

Answer 1

Sunlight

Question 2

Plants use the sun’s energy to make?

Answer 2

Glucose

Question 3

The sun’s energy is stored if the form of what molecule?

Answer 3

glucose

Question 4

Photosynthesis is converting ______ energy from the sun into chemical energy from glucose.

Answer 4

Radical Energy

Question 5

Photosynthesis is converting radical energy from the sun into ________ energy from glucose.

Answer 5

Chemical Energy

Question 6

What do two elements do plants convert into glucose?

Answer 6

water and carbon dioxide

Question 7

What is waste product of photosynthesis?

Answer 7

Oxygen

Question 8

Life on Earth is dependent on photosynthesis for ____

Answer 8

food and oxygen

Question 9

What is the equation for photosythesis?

Answer 9

6 CO2 (carbon dioxide) + 6 H20 (water) + sunlight –> C6H12O6 (glucose) + 6 O2 (oxygen)

Question 10

Where is carbon dioxide found?

Answer 10

atmosphere

Question 11

What takes in carbon dioxide?

Answer 11

leaves

Question 12

What is a stomata?

Answer 12

tiny cell on leaf of plant required for photosythesis

Question 13

What has a double membrane?

Answer 13

Chloroplast

Question 14

What is the single disk on the interior of the chloroplast?

Answer 14

Thylakoid

Question 15

What is the single disk on the interior of the chloroplast?

Answer 15

Thylakoid

Question 16

What is the single disk on the interior of the chloroplast?

Answer 16

Thylakoid

Question 17

A stack of thylakoids are called?

Answer 17

grana

Question 18

What is the stroma?

Answer 18

Dense solution surrounding the thylakoids.

Question 19

______ is a green pigment that absorbs light.

Answer 19

Chlorophyll

Question 20

What are the 2 kinds of photosythesis?

Answer 20

Light Dependent / Light Independent

Question 21

Where does light dependent photosythesis occur?

Answer 21

thylakoid membrane

Question 22

What goes in to light dependent photosynthesis?

Answer 22

light and H20

Question 23

What goes out of light dependent photosynthesis?

Answer 23

Oxygen

Question 24

Where does light INdependent photosynthesis occur?

Answer 24

stroma

Question 25

What goes in to light independent photosynthesis?

Answer 25

CO2

Question 26

What goes out of light independent photosynthesis?

Answer 26

Glucose

Question 27

Light independent photosynthesis is also know as the _______?

Answer 27

Calvin Cycle

Question 28

Energy from the sun is stored as chemical energy in __________

Answer 28

glucose

Question 29

What element is required for light dependent photosynthesis?

Answer 29

water

Question 30

A shortage of ________ can slow or stop photosynthesis.

Answer 30

water

Question 31

The action of _____ are required for photosynthesis. They serve as a biological catalyst.

Answer 31

enzymes

Question 32

What causes photosynthesis to stop entirely?

Answer 32

Very high or very low temperatures

Question 33

What damages enzymes?

Answer 33

very high or very low temperatures

Question 34

What increases the rate of photosynthesis?

Answer 34

Light intensity (to a point)