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Week 5 Biology Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the entire process used by plants and similar organisms to capture light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into carbohydrates and oxygen called?

a)

photosynthesis

b)

Calvin cycle

c)

Krebs cycle

d)

fermentation

2.

The main pigment plants use for photosynthesis which reflects green light while absorbing blue and red light is called...

a)

chlorophyll

b)

chloroplast

c)

zanthophyll

d)

aerobic

3.

What is the term for the portion of photosynthesis which use light energy to make ATP and NADPH?

a)

light-dependent reactions

b)

light-independent reactions

c)

Calvin cyle

d)

Krebs cycle

4.

The processes which use the ATP and NADPH energy to build high-energy compounds, like sugar, are the...

a)

light-independent reactions

b)

light-dependent reactions

c)

aerobic

d)

glycolysis

5.

The Calvin cycle is another term for this group of reactions where ATP and NADPH is used to make sugar.

a)

light-independent reactions

b)

light-dependent reactions

c)

glycolysis

d)

fermentation

6.

The process used to release energy by breaking down glucose and other foods when oxygen is present is...

a)

cellular repsiration

b)

glycolysis

c)

fermentation

d)

anaerobic

7.

Aerobic describes a process which requires...

a)

oxygen

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

NADPH

8.

A process which does not require oxygen is called.

a)

anaerobic.

b)

aerobic.

c)

glycolysis

d)

light-independent

9.

The process, which occurs in the cytoplasm, to break one glucose into two pyruvic acd (a.k.a pyruvate) to get energy out is called

a)

glycolysis

b)

fermentation

c)

Calvin cycle

d)

Krebs cycle

10.

The second stage of cellular respiration where pyruvate is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions is called..

a)

the Krebs cycle

b)

the Calvin cycle

c)

fermentation

d)

the electron transport chain

11.

Fermentation is the process used by cells to

a)

release energy in the absence of oxygen.

b)

use electron transport proteins to generate ATP

c)

the capture of light energy and sugar to generate ATP.

d)

release oxygen from water.

12.

The series of electron carrier proteins shuttle high energy electrons to fuel ATP-generating reactions at the end of cellular respiration is called

a)

the electron transport chain.

b)

the electron excitation system.

c)

the electron cloud.

d)

the ATP power train.