A Way of Life: Exploring the Realms of Photosynthesis

What are the two photosynthesis reactions? 

• 1. Light-dependent reactions and

     Calvin cycle

• 1. Glucose and sunlight

• 1. Photosystem I and Photosystem II

• 1. ATP and NADP+

What do you called plants that can also make glucose into carbohydrate chains?

• Glucose

• Starch

• Monosaccharide

• Polysaccharide

TRUE OR FALSE. Not all bacteria that undergo photosynthesis are cyanobacteria

but all cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria

• True

• False

Cyanobacteria lack chloroplasts - why do you think that is?

• Because the organelle chloroplasts originated from cyanobacteria that were absorbed by eukaryotic (ancestral plant) cells

• Trace through the zoomed in plant leaf diagram on the left from the leaf to thylakoids to give students a sense of where the thylakoids are in the plant and how small they are

• Because they are important oxygen producers and form symbiotic relationships with plants as chloroplasts.

• They also fix nitrogen in the soil and water to provide important nutrients they can control the nitrogen deficiency in plants, improve the aeration of soil, water holding capacity and add vitamin B12 [57], [58], [59], [60]].

The Calvin Cycle occurs in every ______ in every chloroplast in every plant cell

every second of every day.

• 1. Chloroplast

• 1. Stroma

• 1. Chlorophyll 

• 1. Mitochondria

This split water molecules into two protons (H+) and oxygen atoms are

expelled as O2 gas through the stomata. 

• 1. Photons 

• 1. Photosystem I 

• 1. Photosystem II

• 1. ATP synthase

What is the name of a group of bacteria that are able to carry out

the process of photosynthesis?

• 1. Thiobacillus novellus

• 1. Escherichia coli

• 1. Norovirus

• Cyanobacteria

Which of the following are NOT capable of performing the photosynthetic process?

• 1. Humans

• 1. Algae

• 1. Phytoplanktons

• 1. Cyanobacteria

TRUE OR FALSE. Photosynthesis is a biological process by which plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy in the form of sugars.

• True

• False

Photosynthesis can only occur if energy is obtained; where do plants acquire light energy? 

• 1. UV Light

• 1. Sunlight

• 1. Light Bulb

• 1. Stars