Diagram Quiz on Photosynthetic Pigments

This quiz is designed to assess your  understanding about the "Photosynthetic Pigments"Choose the best answer from the four options given. When you've finished answering as many of the questions as you can, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check your answers by clicking 'Score'. Percentage score will be displayed along with right answers.
photosynthetic pigments structure quiz

1. The long hydrocarbon chain that forms the tail of Chlorophyll molecule labelled A is called the
pyrole tail
phytol tail
phenol tail
tetrapyrole
2. The head region labeled B of chlorophyll is tetrapyrole ring which is also called as
porphyrin head
phytol head
N2 head group
methane head group
3. The metal ion labelled C located at the center of tetrapyrole ring of the chlorophyll molecule is
Calcium
Manganese
Magnesium
Zinc
4. The side group of the primary pigment in plants,chlorophyll-a labelled D is
OH group
-CH3 group
-COOH group
-CHO group
5. Identify the structure labelled E, a photosynthetic pigment in prokaryote
Phycocyanin
Phycoerythrin
phaeophytin
bacteriochlorophyll
6. The accessory pigment that are red or orange colored hydrocarbons labelled F is
Chlorophyll b
carotene
xanthophyll
lutein
7. The accessory pigment that are brown or yellow colored oxygenated hydrocarbons labelled G is
phaeophytin
carotene
xanthophyll
phycocyanin
8. The accessory pigment in red algae and blue green algae labelled H is
phycoerythrin
phycocyanin
bacteriochlorophyll
chlorophyll D
9. The side group of the accessory pigment in plants,chlorophyll-b labelled D is
OH group
-CH3 group
-CHO group
-COOH group
10. Xanthophyll is different from carotene in having
O2
N2
H2
Mg
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