Pakistan International School, English section

Gr-10 Practice Questions Biology

Ch-6
6 (a) (i) State the word equation for photosynthesis.[2]

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(ii) A plant needs chlorophyll to photosynthesise.

Name the part of a plant cell that contains chlorophyll. [1]

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(iii) State two types of specialized cell that contain chlorophyll.

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(b) In an investigation, some students placed a plant in bright light. They
measured the rate of photosynthesis at different temperatures. The results are shown in
Fig. 6.1.

Fig. 6.1
 (i) Describe the results shown in Fig. 6.1.
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(ii) Suggest an explanation for these results.

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(iii) Predict the effects on the rate of photosynthesis if the investigation is

carried out at 60 °C. Explain your reason.
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4 (a) Define the term photosynthesis and outline one reason why it is important to ecosystems.

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(b) (i) Name the green substance that plants need for photosynthesis.
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(ii) Name the gas that plants need for photosynthesis.

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(iii) Name the gas that plants produce during photosynthesis.

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(c) Fig. 4.1 shows the apparatus a student used to investigate how light intensity affects
photosynthesis.

Fig. 4.1
The student placed an aquatic plant under a funnel in a beaker of water.
During the investigation she placed the lamp at different distances from the aquatic plant. At
each distance she counted how many bubbles the aquatic plant produced in one minute. The
bubbles of gas were then collected in the test-tube.
Fig. 4.2 shows the results of her investigation.
(i) Use Fig. 4.2 to find the number of bubbles produced when the lamp was placed 10 cm from
the aquatic plant.
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(ii) Describe how the rate of photosynthesis is affected by the distance of the lamp from the
aquatic plant.
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(iii) Predict the number of bubbles that would be produced if the lamp was placed 21 cm from
the aquatic plant.
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(d) Another student placed the lamp 15 cm from the aquatic plant and kept it there.
Although the light intensity stayed the same, the number of bubbles produced by the
aquatic plant per minute decreased. Suggest an explanation for this.
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 2 A student carried out an investigation to find the effect of carbon dioxide concentration on
the rate of photosynthesis of an aquatic plant. The apparatus that the student used is shown
in Fig. 2.1. The student was advised to use a light meter positioned at the same distance from
the lamp as the pond plant. The student counted the number of bubbles produced by the cut
end of the stem.

(a) Explain why the student included the following in the apparatus.
(i) The beaker of water and the thermometer.
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(ii) The light meter and the ruler.

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(b) The results obtained by the student are shown in Fig. 2.2.
 (i) Describe the student’s results.
You will gain credit if you use data from Fig. 2.2 in your answer.
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(ii) State the factor that is limiting the rate of photosynthesis in region X of the graph.[1]

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(iii) Suggest and explain the reasons for the shape of the graph in region Y.
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(c) Counting bubbles may not be the best way to measure the rate of photosynthesis. The
volume of the bubbles is not always exactly the same.
Suggest and explain one alternative way of measuring the gas given off to solve this problem.
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