BIOLOGY 3 – SEM 3

TOPIC: PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Part A: Answer all Questions
1. The mode of nutrition in amoeba is...
A. parasitic
B. saprophytic
C. holozoic
D. autotrophic
2. Which of the following about the photosynthetic pigment is correct?
A. Chlorophyll is found in stroma.
B. Chlorophyll absorbs mostly green light.
C. There are few types of chlorophyll
D. P550 is a chlorophyll pigment.
3. Which of the following occurs at the reaction center?
A. harvest photons and transfer light energy
B. synthesis of ATP
C. electrons becomes excited
D. reduction of oxygen
4. Which of the following statement correctly describes chemiosmosis?
A. NADPH is formed during chemiosmosis
B. The thylakoid membrane contain high proton concentration
C. Hydrogen ions diffuse through special channels called ATP synthase complex.
D. Splitting of oxygen occurs
5. Which of the following statement is CORRECT of RuBp?
A. RuBp has higher affinity with oxygen than carbon dioxide
B. RuBp fixes two carbon dioxide to form one glucose molecule
C. High distribution of RuBp found in mesophyll cells of C4 plants
D. High secretion of RuBp occurs during night in CAM plants
6. In an experiment studying photosynthesis performed during the day, you provide a plant with
radioactive carbon (14C) dioxide as a metabolic tracer. The 14C is incorporated first into
phosphoglycerate. The plant is best characterized as a
A. C4 plant.
B. C3 plant.
C. CAM plant.
D. Heterotroph
7. Which of the following does not increase the rate of transpiration?
A. Increased light
B. Increased humidity
C. Increased wind
8. Which of the following is Correct?

Part B: Answer all Questions

1. Figure shows an electron micrograph of a chloroplast.

a) On Figure, use label lines and letters to label one place where:
L – the light-dependent stage takes place
R – the enzyme rubisco is found.
b) The optimum pH for the activity of rubisco is pH8.
Explain why the illumination of chloroplasts leads to optimum pH conditions for rubisco.(3m)
2. Figure shows some of the components involved in the light-dependent stage.

Location E:

Products D:

a) Label A, B, C, products D and location E. (5 marks)

b) Describe non cyclic photophosphorylation. (5 marks)