Photosynthesis Quiz

A process used by plants and other autotrophs to capture light energy and use it to power chemical reactions that convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and energy-rich carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

• Photosynthesis

• Electron Transport

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosystem

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Light-absorbing molecules used by plants to gather the sun’s energy

• Pigment

• Photon

• Stroma

• NADPH

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Principal pigment of plants and other photosynthetic organisms

• Chlorophyll

• Chloroplast

• Photon

• Photosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organelle found in cells of plants and some other organisms that captures the energy from sunlight and converts it into chemical energy

• Chloroplast

• Chlorophyll

• Photosynthesis

• Electron Transport Chain

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Sacklike photosynthetic membranes found in chloroplast

• Thylakoid

• Stroma

• Chlorophyll

• Photosystem

Fluid portion of the chloroplast; outside of the thylakoids

• Thylakoid

• Stroma

• Chlorophyll

• Photosystem

A molecule that can carry the high-energy electrons that were produced by light absorption in a chlorophyll to chemical reactions elsewhere in the chloroplast

• NADPH

• Calorie

• Photon

• Electron Transport Chain

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

Set of reactions in photosynthesis that use energy from light to produce ATP and NADPH

• Light-Dependent Reaction

• Light-Independent Reaction

• Electron Transport Chain

• Photosystem

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

Set of reactions in photosynthesis that do not require light; energy from ATP and NADPH is used to build high-energy compounds such as sugar; also called the Calvin cycle

• Light-Dependent Reaction

• Light-Independent Reaction

• Electron Transport Chain

• Photosystem

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Cluster of chlorophyll and proteins found in thylakoids

• Photosystem

• ATP Synthase

• Photon

• Stroma