OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. The gas given off during photosynthesis can
be identified by using
A. potassium hydroxide. 8. The products of photosynthesis are
B. a glowing splint. A. carbon dioxide and water.
C. lime water. B. glucose and oxygen.
D. litmus paper. C. oxygen and carbon dioxide.
D. water and glucose.
2. In photosynthesis, light energy is converted to
B. heat energy. 9. The site for photosynthesis in a leaf is the
A. chemical energy D. kinetic A. guard cell. B. intercellular
C. potential energy. energy. space.
C. palisade layer. D. upper epidermis.
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3. Which of the following gases is absorbed by 10. Hairs found on the epidermis of leaves are
green plants during the day? meant for
A. Carbon (IV) oxide B. Nitrogen A. absorbing water vapour.
C. Oxygen D. Water vapour B. breathing.
C. preventing water loss.
4. A leaf was heated in ethanol before testing it D. resisting bush fires.
for the presence of starch. This was to
A. give the leaf a large surface area. 11. The raw materials required for
B. remove the chlorophyll. photosynthesis include
C. soften the leaf. I. chlorophyll.
D. 'kill'the leaf. II. carbon dioxide.
III. water.
5. The following features adapt a leaf for A. I and II only B. I and III only
photosynthesis except C. II and III only D. I, and III
A. possessing of sunken stomata.
B. having many stomata. 12. Photosynthesis does not take place in the
C. being thin. dark because
D. being flat and broad. A. plants take a rest in the night.
B. carbon dioxide concentration decreases
6. Which of the following is a plant pigment?
at night.
A. Bile B. (Chlorophyll
C. one of the reactions is dependent on
C. Haemoglobin D. Melanin
light.
7. An adaptation of leaves which ensures
D. the stomata are closed at night.
efficient photosynthesis in plants is the
possession of 13. Which of the following parts of a leaf is
A. a small number of chloroplast in the most photosynthetic?
mesophyll cells. A. Leaf epidermal tissue.
B. narrowing leaves with a small surface B. Palisade mesophyll.
area for the absorption of light. C. Pericycle tissue.
C. thick leaves to store sufficient amount D. Vascular tissue.
of water.
D .thin leaves to allow easy diffusion of 14. Which of the following substances is the by
carbon dioxide into the mesophyll cells. product of photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide B. Glucose
C. Oxygen D. Water