Fermentation Quiz

Lactic acid fermentation occurs in your muscles after a workout because your cells are struggling to get

• Glucose
• Sunlight
• Oxygen
• Water

Fermentation is cellular respiration without which molecule?

• CO₂
• O₂
• C₆H₁₂O₆

After intense activity, your muscles feel sore because of 

• the accumulation of NAD+
• the accumulation of lactic acid 
• the accumulation of ATP
• the accumulation of carbon dioxide

When respiration occurs with oxygen, it is called _______

• anaerobic
• aerobic
• light-dependent
• fermentation

Fermentation is:

• Cellular Respiration 
• Photosynthesis
• Aerobic
• Anaerobic

What are the waste products from fermentation? (Choose all that apply)

• starch

• carbon dioxide

• glucose

• alcohol

How are lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation similar?

• They have the same products
• They have the same reactants
• They both require oxygen
• They occur in the same organisms

When oxygen is running low, our bodies resort to __________ for energy.

• cellular respiration

• lactic acid fermentation

• alcoholic fermentation

• glycolysis

Why is yeast used to bake bread? 

• The waste gas, CO_2, makes bread rise
• The alcohol produced makes bread dangerous
• The yeast consumes O₂, causing bread to rise

What cells in the body may undergo lactic acid fermentation during exercise? 

• Muscle cells
• Fat cells
• Liver cells
• Skin cells