Photosynthesis and Plants

Which of these are limiting factors for photosynthesis? Choose three options.

• Carbon dioxide concentration

• light intensity

• Water

• Oxygen Concentration

Plants are green because they have an organelle called a ​ (a)   . This organelle contains a bunch of pigments that can give it color. The most dominant of these pigments is called ​ (b)   .

• xanthophyll

• carotene

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondria

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NGSS.MS-LS1-2

What are the small openings on the underside of a leaf through which oxygen and carbon dioxide can move called?

• nodules

• stomata

• chloroplasts

• chlorophyll

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which one of the following is a gas that plants release during photosynthesis?

• oxygen

• methane

• propane

• carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Identify this molecule.

• Oxygen

• carbon dioxide

• water

• glucose

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The loss of water in plants is called?

• evaporation

• condensation 

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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What organelle in the leaves of plants capture light energy from the sun to complete photosynthesis?

• Chloroplasts

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Ribosomes

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following statements best describes phloem's function in the plant?

• transpports water and minerals up from the roots to the rest of the plant

• transports food down from the leaves to the rest of the plant

• transports water and minerals down from the roots to the rest of the plant

• transports food up from the leaves to the rest of the plant

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are the openings on the underside of leaves that let carbon dioxide into the leaf and let oxygen out?

• Chloroplasts

• Stomata

• Stomach

• Cuticle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Plants need ________ for photosynthesis

• oxygen

• soil

• carbon dioxide

• sugar

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6