SBI 4U1

Photosynthesis Quiz

Please do not write on this sheet. Please place all answers on

scantron card provided.
I. Multiple Choice. Please indicate the most appropriate answer on the scantron
card provided.
1. What are the products of photosynthesis?
a) water and carbon dioxide
b) oxygen and carbohydrate

c) water and oxygen

d) carbohydrate and water

2. Sunlight arrives at a plant in units of light energy called

a) protons b) photons c) electrons d) wavelengths
3. Why are plants green?
a) They absorb only green wavelengths of light.
b) They absorb only yellow and blue wavelengths of light.
c) They reflect nearly all wavelengths of light.
d) They reflect green wavelengths of light.
e) They reflect yellow and blue wavelengths of light.
4. Which statement is Not true about photosystems?
a) Photosystem I passes electron on to photosystem II.
b) Each photosystem contains numerous pigment molecules that act as
antennas to capture light.
c) Photosystem I contains a reaction center molecule that absorbs light best
around 700 nm, so it is called P700.
d) Electrons in the reaction center molecule are excited by absorbing photons of
light and are passed along to an acceptor molecule.
5. Which is most closely associated with the Calvin cycle?
a) ATP production
b) oxygen production
c) carbon dioxide fixation
d) carbon dioxide production
e) removal of electrons from water for passage through an electron transport
system
6. The end product of the Calvin cycle is
a) ATP
b) ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)
c) phosphoglyceraldehyde (PGAL)
d) PEP carboxylase (PEPcase)
e) carbon dioxide
7. The final acceptor of electrons during the noncyclic electron pathway is
a) Photosystem I b) Photosystem II c) ATP d) NADP+ e) water
8. Chemiosmosis
a) depends on protein complexes in the thylakoid membrane.

b) depends on an electrochemical gradient.

c) depends on a difference in H+ concentration between the thylakoid space
and stroma.
d) results in ATP formation.
e) All of these are correct.
9. Which of the following is the source of oxygen produced during
photosynthesis?
a) H2O b) H2O2 c) CO2 d) CO e) HCO310. Which of the following is mismatched with its location?
a) light reactions grana
b) electron transport chain
thylakoid membrane
c) Calvin cycle stroma
d) splitting of water thylakoid space
e) ATP synthase double membrane surrounding chloroplast
11. Blue light has more energy than red light. Therefore, blue light
a) has a longer wavelength than red light.
b) has a shorter wavelength than red light.
c) contains more photons than red light.
d) has a broader electromagnetic spectrum than red light.
e) is absorbed faster by chlorophyll a.
12. The chlorophyll known as P680 has its electron holes filled by electrons
from
a) photosystem I
b) photosystem II
c) water
d) NADPH
e) accessory pigments
13. How many turns of the Calvin cycle are required to produce one molecule
of glucose?
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 6
e) 12
14. The six molecules of G3P formed from three turns of the Calvin cycle are
converted into
a) three molecules of glucose
b) three molecules of RuBP and one G3P
c) one G3P and three 4-carbon intermediates
d) one molecule of glucose and four molecules of 3-phosphoglycerate
e) none of the above, since three molecules of G3P results from three turns of
the Calvin cycle
15. What does rubisco do?
a) reduces CO2 to G3P
b) regenerates RuBP with the aid of ATP
c) combines electrons and H+ to reduce NADP+ to NADPH
d) adds CO2 to RuBP in the carbon fixation stage
e) transfers electrons from NADPH to 1,3-bis-phosphoglycerate to produce G3P

SBI 4U1
Photosynthesis Quiz

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KNOWLEDGE

INQUIRY

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KNOWLEDGE SECTION
I. Multiple Choice:

APPLICATION
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INQUIRY SECTION

1. In an experiment, a bean plant is illuminated with green light, and another bean
plant of similar size is illuminated with equally intense blue light. If all other
conditions are controlled, how will the photosynthetic rates of the two plants
compare?
[2 marks]

2. If the transportation of an electron pair from plastocyanin (Pc) to

photosystem 1 was blocked. How would this effect the process of
photosynthesis?
[3 marks]

APPLICATION SECTION
1. Fill in the steps of noncyclic electron flow in the diagram below.
[6 marks]

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2. Label the three phases (a through c) and key molecules (d through n) in this
diagram of the Calvin cycle.
[7 marks]