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Cellular Respiration vs Photosynthesis

Cellular Respiration vs Photosynthesis

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Science

9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-LS1-6, MS-ESS1-1, MS-ESS2-5

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

Chika Okolo

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18 Slides • 37 Questions

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Multiple Choice

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Which of the following is a biomolecule used for short-term energy storage in the body?

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lipids (fats)

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Minerals

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Carbohydrates

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Water

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Nucleic Acids

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a waste product of cellular metabolism?

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Oxygen and Nitrogen

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Carbon dioxide and Water

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ATP

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Sulfur and Phosphorus

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Multiple Choice

When we eat, our body uses chemical energy from our food to produce energy in the form of______

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Oxygen and Nitrogen

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Carbon dioxide and Water

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ATP

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Sulfur and Phosphorus

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Multiple Choice

What do heterotrophs consume to obtain energy?

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Sunlight

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Water

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Other organisms

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Minerals

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Multiple Choice

A mushroom gains its energy by decomposing the tissues of dead organisms. Should mushrooms be classified as autotrophs, heterotrophs, or both?

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Autotrophs, because they do not eat their food, as animals do

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Autotrophs, because decomposition is very similar to photosynthesis

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Heterotrophs, because their food is made by other organisms

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Both autotrophs and heterotrophs, because they can grow in either sunlight or darkness

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Match

Match the following

Heterotroph (definition)

Autotroph

(definition)

Animalia/Fungi/

Protista

Plantae/Protista

an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients

an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals

Heterotroph

Autotroph

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Multiple Choice

ATP consists of adenosine and two inorganic phosphates.

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True

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False

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Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the relationship between adenosine diphosphate (ADP) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)?

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With an input of energy, ADP rearranges to become ATP.

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Without any energy change, ADP rearranges to become ATP. 

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With an input of energy, ADP combines with a phosphate group to become ATP.

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With a release of energy, ADP combines with a phosphate group to become ATP.

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Multiple Choice

What is needed to break ATP down to ADP?

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Oxygen

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Carbon dioxide

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Water

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Glucose

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Multiple Choice

What is the process and result of when ATP is broken down to ADP?

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Photosynthesis; O2

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Glycolysis; CO2

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ATP hydrolysis; Energy

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Fermentation; Energy

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Multiple Choice

When ADP is broken down into ATP, energy is released.

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True

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False

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Dropdown

During cellular respiration, cells use a molecule called
to store and release energy like a battery. The energy is released when the chemical bonds between the first and second phosphate are
and ​
is ​
.

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Drag and Drop

Esaias had a sandwich and a salad for lunch. The cells in his body broke down the large
into smaller
that his body could digest and absorb. His cells used the broken down carbohydrates and oxygen to perform ​
to produce energy in the form of​
.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above
polymers
monomers
cellular respiration
ATP

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Hotspot

Neurons are cells of the nervous system. As part of its normal function, a neuron pumps sodium ions (Na+) out of the cell, and potassium ions (K+) into the cell using ATP.

Click on the name of the membrane transport described by this process.

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Multiple Choice

What are the reactants in the chemical equation for cellular respiration?

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Carbon Dioxide and Water

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nitrogen and carbon dioxide

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Water and Energy

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Oxygen and Glucose

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Multiple Choice

Cellular respiration occurs in both plants and animals.
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true
2
false

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Multiple Choice

What are the products in the word equation for cellular respiration?

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Oxygen and Glucose

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Carbon Dioxide and Water

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Glucose and Energy

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Oxygen and Energy

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following describes the process of aerobic cellular respiration?

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A process that uses nitrogen molecules from the air to make nitrogenous compounds in living things

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A process that uses oxygen to convert energy from food such as carbohydrates (sugars)

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A process of energy conversion that captures light energy and transforms it into chemical energy

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A process of energy transfer that converts liquid water into water vapor

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Multiple Choice

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Neurons are cells of the nervous system. As part of its normal function, a neuron pumps sodium ions (Na+) out of the cell and potassium ions (K+) into the cell using active transport. Which statement describes the role of energy in this process?

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The process releases energy that is used to make ATP.

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The process releases energy in the form of heat.

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The process requires energy that is provided by the sodium and potassium ions.

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The process requires energy that is provided by ATP.

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Multiple Choice

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Look at the diagram.

Which statement describes what happens when glucose, a 6-carbon sugar, is broken down during glycolysis - a stage of cellular respiration?

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2 molecules of lactic acid are formed and energy is released.

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3 molecules of ethanol are formed and energy is absorbed,

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2 molecules of pyruvic acid are formed and energy is released in the form of 2 ATP

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6 molecules of carbon dioxide are formed and energy is absorbed.

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Multiple Choice

The main source of energy for most living organisms comes from ____.

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the Earth
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the moon
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the sun
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the food we eat/make

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Multiple Choice

What is the mixture of different wavelengths in sunlight called?

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Visible light

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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Infrared waves

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Gamma rays

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Multiple Choice

What is the wavelength we see called?

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Radio waves

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Microwaves

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Visible light

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X-rays

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Multiple Choice

What pigment do photosynthetic organisms primarily use to capture energy from sunlight?

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Carotene

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Xanthophyll

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Chlorophyll

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Anthocyanin

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Multiple Choice

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According to this absorption spectrum, what color is not used (absorbed) by the chlorophyll pigments?

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green
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blue
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yellow
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red

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Multiple Choice

What is the primary gas released during the process of photosynthesis?

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carbon dioxide

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Oxygen

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Hydrogen

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Methane

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Multiple Choice

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Which would be the most useful next step for Keanna to develop the photosynthesis model further?

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Extend the lines for sunlight so that they pass through the autotroph.

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Represent a chemical reaction in the autotroph that produces high-energy carbohydrates.

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Represent a chemical reaction in the autotroph that produces high-energy proteins.

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Add an animal to the diagram and extend additional lines for sunlight toward it.

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Multiple Choice

Where does photosynthesis take place inside a plant cell?

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Mitochondria

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Nucleus

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Chloroplasts

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Ribosomes

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Multiple Choice

What is the main function of chloroplasts?

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Cellular respiration

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Photosynthesis

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Protein synthesis

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DNA replication

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a part of the chloroplast structure?

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Thylakoid

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Mitochondria

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Inner membrane

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Stroma

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Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of photosynthesis in plants?

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To convert oxygen into carbon dioxide

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To convert sunlight into water

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To convert water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen

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To convert sugars into sunlight

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Multiple Choice

What is the chemical equation for photosynthesis?

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6CO₂ + 6H₂O → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂

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C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂ → 6CO₂ + 6H₂O

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6O₂ + C₆H₁₂O₆ → 6CO₂ + 6H₂O

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6H₂O + 6O₂ → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6CO₂

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Multiple Choice

In terms of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, how do plants and animals depend on each other?

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Animals release glucose and oxygen during photosynthesis, which plants take in

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Plants release carbon dioxide, which animals need for cellular respiration

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Animals release carbon dioxide, which plants take in, and plants release oxygen, which animals take in

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Plants absorb sunlight energy, which was released by animals during cellular respiration

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Hotspot

Click where photosynthesis occurs.

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Multiple Select

Although animals do not perform photosynthesis, their food supply depends on the sugars that photosynthesis produces. What is the other significant benefit to animals that photosynthesis provides? (select all that apply)

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Providing the resources that animals need to generate ATP

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Removing water from the environment

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Adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere

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Adding oxygen to the atmosphere

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​The mitochondria is found in both plants and animals. This is where cellular respiration occurs in order to produce ATP.

​Photosynthesis occurs in the thylakoids of the chloroplasts. This contains a pigment, chlorophyll which absorbs sunlight.

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Multiple Choice

Plants are able to perform....

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Only photosynthesis

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Only cellular respiration

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Both photosynthesis and cellular respiration

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Neither process

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Match

Match the correct equation and description for each

Cellular Respiration equation

Photosynthesis equation

Glucose + Oxygen → Carbon Dioxide + Water + Energy

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Light Energy → Glucose + Oxygen

Where photosynthesis occurs

Where cellular respiration occurs

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