Photosynthesis Review
1. What is the overall reaction for photosynthesis?
2. How does this compare to the overall reaction for cellular respiration?
3. Where does the energy for photosynthesis come from?
4. What plant pigments are involved in photosynthesis?
5. Explain why chlorophyll appears green to us in terms of what happens to different wavelengths of light that
strike a chlorophyll molecule.
6. How does the amount of energy in light change as the wavelength increases?
7. Which colors of light are most effective for photosynthesis? Explain why.
8. In what organelle of a plant cell does photosynthesis take place?
9. What are the two stages of photosynthesis?
10. In which part of the chloroplast does each stage occur?
11. What happens to water molecules in the light reactions?
12. What photosynthesis waste product is formed in the light reactions?
13. What two products of the light reactions are used up in the Calvin cycle?
