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Quiz: Chapter 8



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

1. 

Organisms, such as plants, that make their own food are called
a.
autotrophs.
b.
heterotrophs.
c.
thylakoids.
d.
pigments.
 

2. 

Organisms that cannot make their own food and must obtain energy from the foods they eat are called
a.
autotrophs.
b.
heterotrophs.
c.
thylakoids.
d.
plants.
 

3. 

Which of the following is an autotroph?
a.
mushroom
b.
dog
c.
monkey
d.
tree
 

4. 

What are the three parts of an ATP molecule?
a.
adenine, thylakoids, stroma
b.
stroma, grana, chlorophyll
c.
adenine, ribose, phosphate
d.
NADH, NADPH, and FADH2
 

5. 

Energy is released from ATP when
a.
a phosphate group is added.
b.
adenine bonds to ribose.
c.
ATP is exposed to sunlight.
d.
a phosphate group is removed.
 

6. 

Jan van Helmont concluded that plants gain most of their mass from
a.
water.
b.
the soil.
c.
carbon dioxide in the air.
d.
oxygen in the air.
 

7. 

Ingenhousz showed that plants produce oxygen bubbles when exposed to
a.
ATP.
b.
carbon dioxide.
c.
light.
d.
a burning candle.
 

8. 

Photosynthesis uses sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into
a.
oxygen.
b.
high-energy sugars.
c.
ATP and oxygen.
d.
oxygen and high-energy sugars.
 

9. 

In the overall equation for photosynthesis, six molecules of carbon dioxide result in six molecules of
a.
glucose.
b.
water.
c.
oxygen.
d.
ATP.
 

10. 

Plants gather the sun's energy with light-absorbing molecules called
a.
pigments.
b.
thylakoids.
c.
chloroplasts.
d.
glucose.
 

11. 

Plants take in the sun's energy by absorbing
a.
high-energy sugars.
b.
chlorophyll a.
c.
chlorophyll b.
d.
sunlight.
 

12. 

Most plants appear green because chlorophyll
a.
does not absorb green light.
b.
reflects violet light.
c.
absorbs green light.
d.
none of these
 

13. 

Where do the light-dependent reactions take place?
a.
in the stroma
b.
outside the chloroplasts
c.
in the thylakoid membranes
d.
only in chlorophyll molecules
 

14. 

What are the products of the light-dependent reactions?
a.
oxygen gas
b.
ATP
c.
NADPH
d.
all of these
 

15. 

The Calvin cycle is another name for
a.
light-independent reactions.
b.
light-dependent reactions.
c.
photosynthesis.
d.
all of these
 

16. 

The Calvin cycle takes place in the
a.
stroma.
b.
photosystems.
c.
thylakoid membranes.
d.
chlorophyll molecules.
 

17. 

If carbon dioxide is removed from a plant's environment, what would you expect to happen to its production of high-energy sugars?
a.
More sugars will be produced.
b.
Fewer sugars will be produced.
c.
The same number of sugars will be produced but without carbon dioxide.
d.
Carbon dioxide does not affect the production of high-energy sugars in plants.
 

18. 

Which of the following affects the rate of photosynthesis?
a.
water
b.
temperature
c.
light intensity
d.
all of these
 
 
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Figure 8-2
 

19. 

Which of the graphs in Figure 8-2 represents the effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthesis?
a.
A
b.
B
c.
C
d.
D
 

20. 

Which of the graphs in Figure 8-2 represents the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis?
a.
A
b.
B
c.
C
d.
D
 



 
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