Photosynthesis, food chains and food webs Practice Questions
8 Chloroplasts in a palisade mesophyll cell are in t he
Practice Questions
A vacuole
B nucleus
Section A
C cytoplasm
D between t he cell membrane and t he cell wall
1 Which best describes t he process known as
photosynt hesis?
9 A student kept a potted plant in t he dark for a week.
A The uptake of water by t he roots of plants.
He t hen removed two of t he leaves and tested t hem for
B Transpor t of sugar in t he phloem of plants.
starch. Which describes his results and conclusions?
C Absor ption of carbon dioxide by t he leaves.
A The leaves stained black with iodine solution
D The use of light energy to make food.
indicating that all the stored starch had been used up.
B The leaves stained brown with iodine solution
2 Which of t he following is t he gas used in
indicating that all the stored starch had been used up.
photosynt hesis?
C The leaves stained black wit h iodine solution
A oxygen
indicating t hat t he plant had made glucose and
B nitrogen
stored starch.
C carbon dioxide
D The leaves stained brown wit h iodine solution
D hydrogen
indicating t hat t he plant had made glucose and
3 Which of t he following is a producer?
stored starch.
A lion
10 Which of t he following are t he raw materials for
B rabbit
photosynt hesis?
C cabbage
A Sunlight and oxygen
D human being
B Water and carbon dioxide
4 Which organism digests dead organic matter externally
C Water and sunlight
and absorbs t he products?
D Carbon dioxide and oxygen
A producer
B consumer
Section B
C carnivore
1 A student used t he apparatus shown in t he diagram to
D decomposer
investigate t he effect of different light intensities on
5 What is t he term for t he green pigment found in t he
t he rate of photosynt hesis of a pond plant. The student
leaves of plants?
monitored t he room temperature t hroughout t he
A vacuole
investigation. The table shows t he student’s results.
B chlorophyll
gas collects
C mesophyll glass tank
here
with water
D stomata
test-tube
6 In a food chain, which provides energy for secondar y
consumers?
pond plant
A producers
B sunlight
C ter tiar y consumers
D primar y consumers
syringe
7 The diagram shows t he trophic levels in a food chain.
scale / mm
10
Producers Primar y consumers Secondar y
20
consumers Ter tiar y consumers
Which trophic level has t he most energy? 30
air bubble
A Producers
40 movement of
in capillary
B Primar y consumers air bubble
tube
50
movable
C Secondar y consumers
lamp
60
D Ter tiar y consumers
70
80
ruler
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Practice Questions Photosynthesis, food chains and food webs
3 a A student investigated a local habitat and found four
Distance of Distance travelled Rate of
organisms feeding at different trophic levels. The
lamp from pond by air bubble in photosynthesis/
−1
plant/mm 5 minutes/mm mm min organisms are:
long-horned grasshopper grass anolis lizard hawk
20 30 6.0
i) Arrange t he organisms to make a food
30 26 5.2
chain. [2]
40 14 2.8
ii) Indicate on your food chain t he trophic level
50 7
of each organism. [4]
b In one area t he student found no grasshoppers.
60 3 0.6
Suggest what would happen to t he ot her organisms
a i) Describe how t he student would use t he in t he food chain if all t he grasshoppers were
apparatus to obtain t hese results. [3] removed. [4]
ii) State why gas is produced during t he c The following passage describes t he feeding
investigation. [1] relationships in a marine habitat.
iii) State why t he air bubble moves down t he Sea grass provides food for sea urchins and tur tles.
tubing. [1] Many organisms grow on t he sea grass including
b i) Calculate t he rate of photosynt hesis missing photosynt hetic algae which are grazed by parrotfish.
from t he table. [1] Sea urchins are eaten by puffer fish. Groupers are
ii) Draw a graph of t he results. [5] predators of parrotfish. Humans catch and eat
c Explain t he results. [4] tur tles, parrotfish and groupers.
Draw two food chains to show t he feeding
2 The products of photosynt hesis are sugar and oxygen.
relationships given in t he passage. Use different
a i) Write a word equation for photosynthesis. [2]
organisms in each food chain. [2]
ii) Describe how photosynt hesis occurs wit hin a
d Using only information in t he passage describe t he
leaf cell. [5]
likely effect of humans on t his marine habitat. [3]
b Describe t he fate of t he sugar made during
photosynt hesis. [5]
c Explain why photosynt hesis is a ver y impor tant
process to all living t hings. [3]
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