Photosynthesis chapter 5
1. How does the plant use the glucose it produces in the carbon reactions? Select all that apply.
✓The plant combines glucose molecules into glycogen.
✓The plant stores glucose molecules as polysaccharides.
✓The plant breaks down the glucose for energy.
✓The plant shuttles the glucose to the thylakoids, providing energy to fuel the light reactions.
✓The plant uses the glucose to produce structural polysaccharides.
2. The carbon atoms in the cellulose of a wood log originally came from _____ absorbed by the plant.
Carbon Dioxide
3. Organisms that make their own organic compounds from inorganic substances are called – autotrophs
4. The main byproduct of photosynthesis that is essential to most life forms is oxygen.
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8. The energy source for the light reactions is _____; the energy source for the carbon reactions is ______. Sunlight,
ATP
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11. Which organism's life depends on photosynthesis?
sea slug Elysia chlorotica
oak trees
corals
All answers are correct.
humans
12. What organisms conduct photosynthesis? Select all that apply.
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many types of bacteria
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algae
2
fungi
3
terrestrial animals
4
plants
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14. Select the two main groups of chemical reactions in photosynthesis.
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photorespiration
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Krebs cycle
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glycolysis
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fermentation
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light reactions
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carbon reactions
15. During what stage(s) of photosynthesis is glucose produced?
Carbon reactions
16. Leaves appear green because they absorb green wavelengths of light.
True
✓False
17. What are the products of the light reactions? (Select all that apply.)
ATP
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Glucose
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