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Carbon biology

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Endergonic reactions

a)

Release more energy than they store

b)

Store more energy than they release

2.

Which of these is an endergonic reaction?

a)

Combustion of methane

b)

Aerobic respiration

c)

Anaerobic respiration

d)

Photosynthesis

3.

The energy required for an exergonic reaction is called

a)

Energy transfer

b)

Activation energy

c)

Chemical potential

d)

Heat

4.

The correct symbol equation for photosynthesis is

a)

C6H12O6 + 6CO2 => 6O2 + 6H2O

b)

C6H12O6 + 6H2O => 6CO2 + 6O2

c)

6CO2 + 6H2O => C6H12O6 + 6O2

d)

6O2 + 6H2O => C6H12O6 + 6CO2

5.

Anaerobic means

a)

No air

b)

No oxygen

c)

And air

d)

And oxygen

6.

Anaerobic respiration in plants and microbes forms

a)

Lactic acid

b)

Ethanoic acid

c)

Ethanol

d)

Carbon dioxide

e)

Water

7.

Under anaerobic conditions, animal cells

a)

Cannot respire

b)

Produce as much energy as under aerobic conditions

c)

Produce less energy than under aerobic conditions

d)

Produce more energy than under aerobic conditions

8.

Most of the energy released by aerobic respiration is

a)

Stored in the bonds of the product molecules

b)

Used for essential life processes

c)

Used to break bonds in the reactant molecules

d)

Lost as heat

9.

The absorption of light energy in photosynthesis is used to

a)

Break water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen

b)

Break the bonds in glucose

c)

Add hydrogen to carbon dioxide

d)

Heat the carbon dioxide molecules

10.

The great oxygenation event began approximately

a)

65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period

b)

360 million years in the Carboniferous Period

c)

2.3 billion years ago during the Paleoproterozoic Era

d)

3.6 billion years ago in the Archean Era