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Year 9 iGCSE - Biology Photosynthesis

Questions

1. Define an endothermic reaction


2. State the chemical and worded equation for photosynthesis


3. What is a waste product of photosynthesis


4. What cells in the leaf contain chlorophyll


5. Explain the role of the roots in a plant


6. What are the products of this reaction


7. Name 3 organelles plants and animals have in common


8. A farmer creates a green house, and ensures that light intensity and temperature are kept at optimum amounts. However the plants still continue to die. What could be a cause for their death (4 marks)


9. Explain how respiration and photosynthesis work together to ensure the plants survival


10. Answer the following true or false

i. Plants photosynthesis but only during the day

ii. Plants respire only when they are photosynthesising

iii. Plants respire only at night, while the photosynthesis during the day

iiii. The goal of photosynthesis is to create glucose to respiration


11. Create Ven-diagram comparing photosynthesis to Respiration (4 marks)


12. A student investigated the conditions that plants need for photosynthesis. The leaves of the plant he used had green and white parts.

Diagram 1 shows how part of one leaf was covered in black (opaque) card.The plant was placed in a warm, sunny area and was watered well. Eight hours later the leaf was removed from the plant and was tested for starch.

The results of the test are shown in Diagram 2, the shaded parts show where starch was present.

i. Why was no starch found in the part of the leaf labelled A

ii. Why was no starch found in the part labelled B.


13. Give two conditions necessary for photosynthesis apart from a suitable temperature range and the availability of water and carbon dioxide.

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14. How do palisade cells assist in photosynthesis



15. Glucose is a product of photosynthesis. Give three uses which green plants make of glucose.

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