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Photosynthesis Practice

1. The diagram below represents events associated with

a biochemical process that occurs in some organisms.

Which statement concerning this process is correct?

A) The process represented is respiration and the
primary source of energy for the process is the
Sun.
B) The process represented is photosynthesis and
the primary source of energy for the process is
the Sun.
C) This process converts energy in organic
compounds into solar energy which is released
into the atmosphere.
D) This process uses solar energy to convert oxygen
into carbon dioxide.
2. An ecosystem is represented below.

The organisms represented as algae and seaweed are found in the area shown due to which factor?
A) pH B) sediment
C) light intensity D) colder temperature
3. Chlorophyll gives plants their green color.
Chlorophyll is produced only when plants are
exposed to light, so plants kept in darkness have no
chlorophyll and appear white. The best explanation
for this is that
A) chlorophyll is not needed by green plants at
night
B) darkness mutates the chlorophyll genes, causing
them to produce a white color
C) light is required for chlorophyll genes to be
expressed
D) genetic information in cells is not influenced by
the outside environment
4. Which organisms and set of characteristics are
correctly paired?
A) fungi - carry out photosynthesis and
heterotrophic nutrition
B) plants - carry out respiration and autotrophic
nutrition
C) decomposers - carry out photosynthesis and
autotrophic nutrition
D) animals - carry out autotrophic nutrition and
heterotrophic nutrition
5. Autotrophs differ from heterotrophs in that only
autotrophs
A) require carbon dioxide for cellular respiration
B) release oxygen as a product of cellular
respiration
C) synthesize nutrients using carbon dioxide and
water
D) break down sugars to assemble other molecules
6. Autotrophs might survive when heterotrophs cannot,
because autotrophs are able to
A) reproduce asexually
B) become dormant
C) exist without respiration
D) make their own food
7. Photosynthesis and respiration are two important processes. Discuss one of these processes and
explain its importance to an organism. In your answer, be sure to:

• identify the process being discussed

• identify the organelle where this process occurs
• identify two raw materials necessary for this process
• identify one energy-rich molecule that is produced by this process
• state how organisms use the energy-rich molecule that is produced
• state how a gas produced by this process is recycled in nature