Sel

f-
assessmentquest
ions
5.
01

5Phot
osy
nthesi
sandnut
ri
ti
oni
npl
ant
s

1Sel ectthemostappr opriatewor dsfrom t hel

istbelowt ocompl etethe..
.foll
owing
paragraph:
Agr eenpl antcanmakeal lthesubst ancesi tneeds.Itbuil
dsupcar bohydratesbythe
processof……. .I
nthisprocess, i
tcombi nes……..from the……. .with…….f r
om t he…….to
form …….The……neededf orthisprocesscomesf rom …….,whichi sabsorbedby
the…….i nt he.…….ofleafcel l
s.Thewast eproductoft heprocessi s………
soil
,energy,oxygen,gl
ucose, chloroplasts,mineralsalt
s,cell
s,photosynthesis,ai
r,
respirat
ion,sunl
ight,water,ni
trogen,chl or
ophy l
l
,carbondi oxi
de.

2Compl
etet
hef
oll
owi
ngequat
ionwhi
chsummar
isest
hepr
ocessofphot
osy
nthesi
s
….
.CO… +6……… C…………+6….

3Whatgaseswi
l
lbet
akeni
nandgi
venoutbyagr
eenpl
ant(
a)i
ndar
kness,
(b)i
nbr
ight
sunl
i
ght
?

4I
sitpossi
blef
orapl
antt
obephot
osy
nthesi
sngandr
espi
ri
ngatt
hesamet
ime?

5(
a)Whatcar
bohydratesdoesaplantmakefrom glucose?
(
b)Whi
chofthesecar bohy
drat
esistr
ansport
edroundt hepl
ant
?
(
c)Whi
chcarbohydrateist
hemainstoragesubstance?

6(a)Whataddit
ional
subst
ancesdoesapl
antneedt
omakeami
noaci
dsandpr
otei
ns
f
rom
gl
ucose?
(b)Wheredothesesubst
ancescomefr
om?

7Whati
onsmustapl
antobt
ainf
rom t
hesoi
li
nor
dert
omake(
a)ATP,
(b)chl
orophy
ll
?

8Nameanar t
if
ici
alfer
ti
li
serorfer
ti
li
serswhi
chfar
mer
scanuset
oincr
easet
hesuppl
y
of
ni
tr
ate,
phosphateandpotassi
um tothei
rcr
ops.

9(
a)Howwoul
dyoudestar
chtheleav
esofapott
edplant
?
(
b)Howwoul
dyoucheckthatt
hedestar
chi
nghadbeeneff
ect
ive?

l
0Inaschool
labor
ator
y,whati
susual
l
yregar
dedasev
idencet
hatphot
osy
nthesi
shas
occur
redi
naplant
?

11Indesi
gninganexperimenttofi
ndoutwhet
herl
i
ghti
sneededf
orphot
osy
nthesi
s
(a)whati
st hepri
nci
pleofthedesi
gn
(b)whatcontrol
wouldyouuse?

12Aleafi
sdetachedfrom at
reeandtestedwi
thi
odi
ne.Theleaft
urnsdarkblue.
(a)Whatdoesthi
sresul
ttel
lyou?
(b)Whyisthi
sresul
tnotsuf
fici
entev
idencet
oconf
ir
mt hatphot
osynthesi
shadt aken
pl
acein
t
hel
eaf
?