CH 9 Photosynthesis Vocabulary Quiz

Light-absorbing compounds are known as:

• ATP

• Thylakoid

• Pigment

• Stroma

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An electron carrier molecule used in photosynthesis is:

• ATP

• NADP+

• Chlorophyll

• Stroma

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The reactions of photosynthesis that directly absorb sunlight are called:

• Light-independent reactions

• Calvin Cycle

• Light-dependent reactions

• Electron Transport Chain

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The chemical compound in which energy is often stored, adenosine triphosphate, is abbreviated as:

• ATP

• NADP+

• Stroma

• Thylakoid

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The second part of photosynthesis in which light is not directly involved; the products of the first portion are used to produce sugars in this portion of photosynthesis

• Light-dependent reactions

• Calvin Cycle

• Electron Transport Chain

• Photosystem

Autotrophs use this process to capture and convert the energy from sunlight to synthesize high-energy carbohydrates that can be used as food:

• Photosynthesis

• ATP Synthase

• Electron Transport Chain

• Thylakoid

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The fluid part of the chloroplast is called:

• Thylakoid

• Stroma

• Pigment

• Chlorophyll

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The principal pigment of green plants is:

• ATP

• NADP+

• Chlorophyll

• Stroma

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The part of the chloroplast that contains chlorophyll is the:

• Stroma

• Thylakoid

• Pigment

• ATP

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A series of electron carrier proteins that shuttle high-energy electrons during ATP generating reactions is called:

• Photosystem

• Electron Transport Chain

• ATP Synthase

• Calvin Cycle

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