Biology Cell Energy

The green structures found in plant cells that capture sunlight and use it to produce food for the cells are called ...

• chloroplasts.

• cytoplasm.

• vacuoles.

• ribosomes.

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The green pigment in plant cells that helps to trap the energy of sunlight is ...

• chlorophyll.

• nucleus.

• chloroplast.

• melanin.

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What do plants need to perform photosynthesis?

• oxygen

• water

• carbon dioxide

• sunlight

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In which organelle does cellular respiration occur?

• chloroplasts

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

• vacuoles

This organelle is where plants do photosynthesis.

• Mitochondria

• Lysosome

• Chloroplast

• Vacuole

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A contractile vacuole helps protists eliminate excess liquid. This is a "pumping" process which reduces pressure inside the cell and prevents the cell from bursting. What is most likely the source of energy for this process?

• DNA

• lipids

• ATP

• ribosomes

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Where does this process occur in the cell?

• Chloroplast

• Mitochondria

• Nucleus

• Ribosome

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After 24 hours, where will glucose be found in this experiment?

• inside the cell, only

• outside the cell, only

• both inside and outside the cell.

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Certain seaweeds contain a greater concentration of iodine inside their cells than there is in the seawater surrounding them. The energy required to maintain this concentration difference is most closely associated with the action of

• ribosomes

• mitochondria

• vacuoles

• nuclei

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The word autotroph means?

• being able to produce its own food

• having to obtain food from another organism

• DNA is not in a nucleus

• DNA is in a nucleus

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