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What is the source of the oxygen released into the air as a product of photosynthesis?
A.
Chlorophyll
B.
C.
Water only
D.
2.
Blue
B.
Green
C.
White
D.
Red
(Total 1 mark)
3.
Temperature
B.
Light intensity
C.
pH
D.
Substrate concentration
(Total 1 mark)
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Thylakoid membranes
B.
Stroma
C.
Matrix
D.
Cristae
(Total 1 mark)
5.
What is produced by the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis and used in the Calvin
cycle?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
The photosynthetic activity of desert plants is often reduced in the middle of the day. What is
the most reasonable explanation for this fact?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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A plant is exposed to increasing light intensity from very dim to bright light, while the carbon
dioxide concentration and temperature are kept at an optimum level. What will happen to the
rate of oxygen production?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
Where are the light-dependent and light-independent reactions taking place in the diagram
below?
Light-dependent
Light-independent
A.
IV
B.
II
III
C.
III
II
D.
IV
I
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Ribosome
B.
Stroma
C.
Inner membrane
D.
Thylakoid
(Total 1 mark)
10.
B.
C.
D.
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Which graph best represents the effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthesis of a plant?
(Total 1 mark)
12.
B.
ATP synthesis
C.
Reduction of NADP
D.
Reduction of CO2
(Total 1 mark)
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B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
To produce ATP
D.
15.
Blue
B.
Green
C.
Yellow
D.
Orange
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B.
In the stroma
C.
D.
17.
Which of the following graphs represents the effect of changing light intensity on the rate of
oxygen production by a green plant?
(Total 1 mark)
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What conclusion can be drawn from examining the action spectrum for a green plant shown
below?
A.
B.
C.
D.
19.
Stroma of chloroplast
B.
Mitochondrial matrix
C.
Cytoplasm
D.
Inside thylakoid
(Total 1 mark)
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Oxygen is produced during photosynthesis. What is the source of this oxygen inside the plant?
A.
B.
Carbon dioxide
C.
Glucose
D.
Water
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21.
B.
Two glycerate 3-phosphates are linked together to form one hexose phosphate.
C.
D.
22.
What is the advantage of having a small volume inside the thylakoids of the chloroplast?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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B.
C.
D.
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E le c tr o n s
X
E le c tro n s
L ig h t
P h o to s y s te m I
L ig h t
P h o to s y s te m II
A.
B.
NADP NADPH + H
C.
H2O O + 2H
D.
NADPH + H NADP
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B.
Glycerate3-phosphate (GP)
C.
D.
Acetyl CoA
(Total 1 mark)
26.
(a)
State the property of stem cells that makes them useful in medical treatment.
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(1)
(b)
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(c)
27.
(a)
(b)
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(a)
(b)
Explain the relationship between the structure of the chloroplast and its function.
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(c)
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29.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
Living organisms at every trophic level are part of the carbon cycle. Draw a labelled
diagram of the carbon cycle to show the processes involved.
(9)
(b)
Explain, using an example of a food chain, how trophic levels can be deduced.
(4)
(c)
30.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
Outline condensation and hydrolysis reactions using a different example for each.
(5)
(b)
Outline the effect of temperature and substrate concentration on the activity of enzymes.
(4)
(c)
31.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
All organisms in an ecosystem are involved in the carbon cycle. Outline the roles of
living organisms in the carbon cycle.
(8)
(b)
Explain how triose phosphate is produced and used in the chloroplasts of a plant.
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(c)
32.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
State four elements that are needed by living organisms, other than carbon, hydrogen and
oxygen, giving one role of each.
(4)
(b)
Outline how light energy is used and how organic molecules are made in photosynthesis.
(6)
(c)
Explain the significance of complementary base pairing for replication, transcription and
translation.
(8)
(Total 20 marks)
33.
(a)
(b)
(c)
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34.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Explain the effect of light intensity and temperature on the rate of photosynthesis.
(8)
(Total 20 marks)
35.
Up to two additional marks are available for the construction of your answers.
(2)
(a)
(b)
Outline the role of chlorophyll and the effects of temperature, light intensity and carbon
dioxide concentration on the rate of photosynthesis.
(6)
(c)
Explain the production of energy during aerobic respiration from pyruvate that has been
produced by glycolysis.
(8)
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The rate of photosynthesis in the marine seagrass, Zostera marina, was investigated under a
range of pH conditions. After a period of darkness, the plants were illuminated at a constant
light intensity at 15C and the rate of photosynthesis was measured. Zostera marina can use
both dissolved carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen carbonate ions for photosynthesis. The rate
of photosynthesis is plotted on the y-axis on the left. In addition, the concentration of carbon
dioxide was measured for each pH investigated and is plotted on the y-axis on the right.
[Source: Plant physiology by AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS. Copyright 2008 Reproduced
with permission of AMERICAN SOCIETY OF PLANT BIOLOGISTS in the format CD ROM via Copyright
Clearance Center.]
(a)
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(b)
(c)
(d)
Suggest how Zostera marina can perform photosynthesis even at very low carbon dioxide
concentrations.
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(1)
(e)
Based on the information and data provided, discuss the role of one limiting factor, other
than carbon dioxide, and suggest how this would affect the rate of photosynthesis.
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The effect of temperature on photosynthesis was studied in sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) using
leaf discs. The production of oxygen was used to measure the rate of photosynthesis.
Gross photosynthesis refers to the sum of net photosynthesis and respiration. Net photosynthesis
was calculated by subtracting the rate of respiration in the dark from gross photosynthesis.
[Source: Adapted from R Ribeiro et al. 2006. Cincia e Agrotecnologia. Vol 30. Pp 670678.]
(a)
(b)
Determine the difference between gross photosynthesis and net photosynthesis at 40C
and 50C.
40C: ..........................................................................................................................
50C: ..........................................................................................................................
(2)
(c)
Deduce what happens to the rate of respiration as the temperature increases between 40C
and 50C.
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(d)
(i)
(ii)
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38.
Global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising. A study was carried out to test if the
temperature dependence of photosynthesis was altered by elevated atmospheric CO 2.
Maize plants were grown in natural sunlight in controlled environmental chambers at different
temperatures using current atmospheric and doubled CO 2 levels.
The graph below shows daily patterns of CO2 exchange at three different temperatures.
Open shapes (, , ) represent current atmospheric CO 2 levels and closed shapes (, , )
represent elevated CO2 levels.
[Reprinted from: Kim, S H et al. 2007. Temperature dependence of growth, development, and photosynthesis in
maize under elevated CO2. Environmental and Experimental Botany. Vol 61. Pp 224236.]
(a)
(i)
(ii)
Explain the reasons for maximum carbon dioxide exchange rate at this time.
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(b)
State the temperature that resulted in the highest rate of photosynthesis under current
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atmospheric conditions.
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(1)
(c)
Using the data in the graph, discuss whether rising carbon dioxide levels in the
atmosphere will increase growth rates in maize.
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39.
Primary production is directly related to the amount of photosynthesis that occurs in a cubic
metre of water. In the waters around Bermuda (32 N) in the Atlantic Ocean, microscopic
phytoplankton are the producers. They use trace nutrients from seawater in their metabolism.
These nutrients are a limiting factor in total population size. A dense phytoplankton population
makes the water cloudy. The data shows primary production per day for each month for the year
2000 at different water depths.
[Source: DataStreme Ocean, American Meteorological Society (2004). Reprinted with permission.]
(a)
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(1)
(b)
(c)
In the upper 40 m there is a drop in photosynthesis from March to June. This is probably
due to lack of nutrients, reducing the population density.
Suggest, with a reason other than nutrient levels, what might have increased
photosynthesis at 100 m from April to August.
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(1)
(d)
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40.
The graph below shows the results of an experiment to determine the effect of salt (NaCl)
concentration on photosynthesis of the freshwater green alga Chlorella vulgaris. The
experiment attempted to determine the effect of salt concentration on the light-dependent
reactions overall and separately on photosystem I and photosystem II.
[Source: M M El-Sheekh, Inhibition of the water splitting system by sodium chloride stress in the green alga
Chlorella vulgaris, Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, Volume 16, Issue 1, Figure 1, (2004)]
(a)
Describe the effect of salt concentration on the activity of the light-dependent reactions
overall.
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(1)
(b)
Compare the effect of increasing salt concentration on photosystem I with the effect on
photosystem II.
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(c)
When salt concentration is increased, some algal cells increase their rates of cyclic
photophosphorylation. Deduce the reasons for this.
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(2)
(d)
Using the graph, predict the effect of high salt concentration on the growth of Chlorella
vulgaris. Give a reason for your answer.
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