Quiz about Photosynthesis

Question 1

What are the reactants of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

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Water and Oxygen

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

Question 2

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Glucose and Oxygen

Answer

Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

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Carbon Dioxide and Water

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Water and Oxygen

Question 3

What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

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Plant roots

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Soil nutrients

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Water

Question 4

What gas do plants release during photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Oxygen

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Carbon Dioxide

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Hydrogen

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Water

Question 5

Which of the following types of organisms use photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Autotrophs

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Consumers

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Decomposers

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Heterotrophs

Question 6

What role do animals play in photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

They produce carbon dioxide needed by plants for photosynthesis

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They produce fertilizer needed by plants for photosynthesis

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They produce water needed by plants for photosynthesis

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They produce oxygen needed by plants for photosynthesis

Question 7

What is the main purpose of photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

To produce the food needed for plants to survive

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To aid in the growth of animals

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To produce the energy needed for animals to survive

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To aid in the growth of plants

Question 8

Photosynthesis takes place inside which plant structure?

Accepted Answer

Leaves

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Roots

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Stem

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Flowers

Question 9

What coefficients (numbers) need to be added in the spaces below in order to make the photosynthesis equation balanced?

Accepted Answer

6, 6, 6

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6, 4, 2

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3, 4, 5

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2, 4, 6

Question 10

What term describes the energy plants use to survive and carry out necessary biological functions?

Accepted Answer

Glucose

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Oxygen

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Water

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Carbon Dioxide

Question 11

What happens with the oxygen produced by plants during photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Plants release it into the atmosphere.

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Plants use it as an energy source.

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Plants convert it into Carbon Dioxide.

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Plants absorb it into their cells.

Question 12

The main role of a plant's roots are to absorb water and minerals from the ground.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 13

A plant's stem helps to support the leaves of the plant and -

Accepted Answer

Transport water throughout the plant

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Transport carbon dioxide throughout the plant

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Transport sunlight from the roots to the leaves

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Transport oxygen throughout the plant

Question 14

What gives plants their green color?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplasts / Chlorophyll

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Mitochondria

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Nucleus

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Cytoplasm

Question 15

What term describes the tiny holes in plant leaves that allow carbon dioxide to enter and oxygen to exit?

Accepted Answer

Stomata

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Cell wall

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Vein

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Cuticle

Question 16

In which of the following plant cell organelles does photosynthesis take place?

Accepted Answer

Chloroplast

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Nucleus

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Vacuole

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Mitochondria

Question 17

What term describes a chemical process that converts sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water into energy?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

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Cellular Respiration

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Phototropism

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Transpiration

Question 18

What term describes a chemical process that converts glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide and energy?

Accepted Answer

Cellular Respiration

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Photosynthesis

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Transpiration

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Phototropism

Question 19

The chemical equation for cellular respiration is shown below.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 20

Why are plants so important to all life on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Plants produce the food that every other organism needs to consume in order to survive

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Plants produce the water that every other organism needs to consume in order to survive

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Plants produce the cells that every other organism needs in order to survive

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Plants produce the shelter that every other organism needs in order to survive

Question 21

What is the chemical formula for glucose?

Accepted Answer

C₆H₁₂O₆

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CO2

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H2O

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NaCl

Question 22

What is the chemical formula for Carbon Dioxide?

Accepted Answer

CO2

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H2O

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C₆H₁₂O₆

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NaCl

Question 23

Sunlight provides the energy needed to start the chemical reaction of photosynthesis.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 24

Since plants are able to produce their own energy through photosynthesis, they are considered to be which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Producer

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Decomposer

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Consumer

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Scavenger

Question 25

Which of the following contains only examples of producers?

Accepted Answer

Grass, Shrubs, Trees

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Algae, Grass, Mushrooms

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Tree, Dogs, Mushrooms

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Bacteria, Fish, Algae

Question 26

Why does the flow of energy on Earth start with producers?

Accepted Answer

Producers convert sunlight into energy, then pass it on to other organisms.

Answer

Producers convert Oxygen into Carbon Dioxide

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Producers perform the process of cellular respiration

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Producers convert water into sugar

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