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The main product of the carbon reactions is


A) oxygen.
B) NADPH.
C) carbon dioxide.
D) a carbohydrate.
E) ATP.

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Green and yellow wavelengths of light are useless to most plants.

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The light reactions use ATP as the energy source.

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C4 plants and CAM plants fix carbon in a larger molecule only once during photosynthetic reactions.

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In what organelle does photosynthesis take place in algae and plants?


A) chloroplast
B) mitochondrion
C) ribosome
D) chlorophyll
E) lysosome

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Which plants are best suited to cool,wet conditions?


A) C4
B) C3
C) CAM
D) All types are equally suiteD.

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For many plants to grow well in hot,dry weather,they must be watered so their stomata will remain open for longer periods of time to let in oxygen.

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Where in a plant do you expect to find the highest concentration of chloroplasts?


A) leaves
B) bark
C) roots
D) stems

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Photosystem I and photosystem II are part of


A) the light reactions and the carbon reactions.
B) the light reactions only.
C) the light reactions and respiration.
D) the carbon reactions only.
E) respiration.

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Plants are the only organisms that carry out photosynthesis to produce food.

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In the section "Investigating Life: Solar-Powered Sea Slugs",how are algal chloroplasts able to perform photosynthesis in a sea slug?


A) The algal chloroplasts are able to complete only the light reactions of photosynthesis.
B) The algal chloroplasts are able to complete only the carbon reactions of photosynthesis.
C) The chloroplasts CANNOT perform photosynthesis if removed from an algal cell.
D) A gene required for photosynthesis moved from the algal genome to the sea slug genome.
E) The chloroplasts can function independently of a host cell.

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The enzyme rubisco combines ribulose bisphosphate with _____ in the first step of the Calvin cycle.


A) glucose
B) ATP
C) carbon monoxide
D) organic compounds
E) carbon dioxide

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The electrons flowing through the electron transport chains in photosynthesis originate from ____ and are transported to the carbon reactions by _____.


A) NADPH;oxygen
B) oxygen;NADPH
C) NADPH;water
D) water;NADPH
E) oxygen;water

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What happens in photorespiration that is more energetically costly than the Calvin cycle?


A) Rubisco's active site combines with oxygen instead of carbon dioxide.
B) Rubisco's active site combines with carbon dioxide instead of glucose.
C) Rubisco's active site combines with water instead of carbon dioxide.
D) Rubisco's active site combines with glucose instead of oxygen.
E) Rubisco's active site combines with glucose instead of carbon dioxidE.

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In the section "Investigating Life: Solar-Powered Sea Slugs",chloroplast DNA encodes less than 10% of the proteins required for photosynthesis;the remaining proteins are encoded by DNA in plant nuclei.Elysia chlorotica sea slugs are able to photosynthesize with chloroplasts from the algae they consume.Which hypothesis was tested and supported in explanation of this observation?


A) Some sea slug genes were present in chloroplast chromosomes.
B) Chloroplasts can function without some proteins involved in photosynthesis.
C) The sea slugs have to continuously consume chloroplasts to replace the older ones.
D) Some chloroplast genes were present in the sea slug chromosomes.
E) Only photosystem II is necessary for photosynthesis.

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The main product of photosynthesis used by plants is


A) glucose.
B) oxygen.
C) carbon dioxide.
D) chlorophyll.
E) sunlight.

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In the carbon reactions,carbon dioxide molecules are reduced by the addition of electrons carried from the light reactions by __________.


A) ATP
B) NADP+
C) NADPH
D) oxygen
E) water

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The light reactions use sunlight as the energy source.

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Photosynthesis


A) is NOT dependent on chlorophyll.
B) does NOT involve oxidation-reduction reactions.
C) produces water and carbon dioxide.
D) produces glucose and oxygen.
E) None of the answers are correct.

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The energy source of photosynthesis is


A) oxygen.
B) sunlight.
C) carbon dioxide.
D) chlorophyll.
E) glucosE.

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