Photosynthesis Name_______________________________

General Biology

Directions: Using your knowledge of biology and photosynthesis, answer the following:

1. Without the ability to obtain and use ______________________, life would not
exist.

2. What is maybe the most important compound cells use to store and release
energy?___________________________

3. What three things is this molecule made up of?

a. –
b. –
c. –

4. How is ADP different from ATP?

5. List 3 ways ATP is used by cells or organisms.

a. –
b. –
c. –

6. Organisms that consume other living things as a means of obtaining food/energy

are called this?____________________________________

7. Organisms that can make their own food in processes like photosynthesis are
known as this._____________________________________

8. What does “photo” mean?______________________

9. What does “synthesis” mean?________________________

10. What molecules found in plants absorb the sun’s energy?____________________

11. What principle pigment found in plants is called __________________________.

12. Label the following parts of a chloroplast on the diagram below: thylakoid,
stroma, granum, membrane
13. What are the sac-like photosynthetic membranes of a chloroplast
called?______________________________

14. What is the fluid of the chloroplast called?__________________________

15. What is an example of an electron carrier compound that can accept a pair of
high-energy electrons?______________________________

16. Fill in the missing part of this reaction:

a. What is the name of this

reaction?___________________________________

17. The reaction from #16 occurs in 2 parts. What are the names of the 2 parts?

a. –

b. –