Photosynthesis Quiz

What is an autotroph?

• Organisms that cannot use the Sun's energy to make food

• The green pigment inside the chloroplast

• An elongated cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place

• Organisms that use light energy from the Sun to produce food

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What is a heterotroph?

• Organisms that use light energy from the Sun to produce food

• The green pigment inside the chloroplast

• An elongated cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place

• Organisms that cannot use the Sun's energy to make food

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What is a chloroplast?

• The green pigment inside the chloroplast

• Organisms that cannot use the Sun's energy to make food

• An elongated cell organelle containing chlorophyll where photosynthesis takes place

• Organisms that use light energy from the Sun to produce food

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What is chlorophyll?

• An elongated cell organelle where photosynthesis takes place

• Organisms that cannot use the Sun's energy to make food

• Organisms that use light energy from the Sun to produce food

• The green pigment inside the chloroplast that absorbs light for photosynthesis

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What is photosynthesis?

• The process of plants breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen

• The process of changing light energy to chemical energy

• The process of water evaporating from leaves

• The process of plants growing towards light

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Where does photosynthesis take place in plants?

• In the roots

• In the stem

• In the chloroplasts, using chlorophyll

• In the flowers

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What is produced and stored during photosynthesis?

• Oxygen

• Water

• Sugar

• Carbon dioxide

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Which organisms perform photosynthesis?

• Animals and plants

• Fungi and bacteria

• Plants and some algae

• All living organisms

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What do plants need to perform photosynthesis?

• Carbon dioxide

• Light energy

• Soil nutrients

• Water only

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Why must we get food from plants?

• Plants can perform photosynthesis, and we cannot

• Plants are more widely available than other food sources

• Plants provide better nutrition than other organisms

• Plants are easier to digest

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