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Photosynthesis vocabulary

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The process by which plants, algae, and some bacteria use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Energy

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Algae

2.

The ability to do work. Energy can take a wide variety of forms - light energy, electrical energy, heat energy, sound energy, mechanical energy, chemical energy, nuclear or atomic energy.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Energy

c)

ATP

d)

Cyanobacteria

3.

A group of photosynthetic bacteria containing a blue photosynthetic pigment

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Energy

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Algae

4.

A term used to describe a large, diverse group of eukaryotic, photosynthetic organisms, They are usually aquatic, and can be unicellular or multicellular.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Energy

c)

Cyanobacteria

d)

Algae

5.

A single-celled algae

a)

Diatoms

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Stomatta

6.

The organelle in which photosynthesis occurs.

a)

Diatoms

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Stomata

7.

A green pigment that captures light energy for photosynthesis

a)

Diatoms

b)

Chlorophyll

c)

Stomata

d)

Chloroplasts

8.

The opening in a leaf or stem of a plant that enables the gas exchange to occur

a)

Diatoms

b)

Chloroplasts

c)

Chlorophyll

d)

Stomata

9.

The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also release of water into the air by other organisms

a)

Transpiration

b)

Cellular respiration

c)

Mitochondria

d)

ATP

10.

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

a)

Transpiration

b)

Cellular respiration

c)

Mitochondria

d)

ATP

11.

The organelle where cellular respiration occurs

a)

transpiration

b)

cellular respiration

c)

mitochondria

d)

ATP

12.

The molecules that cells use for energy

a)

Transpiration

b)

Cellular respiration

c)

Mitochondria

d)

ATP

13.

A substance made up of molecules that consist of 1 carbon and 2 oxygen atoms

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

Autotrophs

14.

A substance made up of molecules that consist of 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen atoms

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

Oxygen

d)

Autotrophs

15.

An element is usually found in the form of two oxygen atoms bonded together

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

oxygen

d)

autotrophs

16.

Organisms that make their own food for energy from non-living substances in their environment

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

water

c)

Oxygen

d)

autotrophs

17.

Organisms that can't make their own food and so must get energy by eating plants and animals to survive.

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Glucose

c)

Light energy

d)

Chemical energy

18.

A simple sugar.

a)

Glucose (C6H12O6)

b)

light energy

c)

chemical energy

d)

heterotrophs

19.

Energy from a light source, such as the sun

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Glucose

c)

Light energy

d)

chemical energy

20.

The energy released when you break chemical bonds

a)

Heterotrophs

b)

Glucose

c)

light energy

d)

chemical energy

21.

Carbon dioxide + _______ + Light Energy = photosynthesis

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Water

c)

Glucose

d)

Oxygen

22.

Cellular respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis

a)

True

b)

False

23.

6CO2 + 6H2O + Sunlight =C6H12O6 + 02

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

24.

C6H12O6 + 6O2 = 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

25.

Photosynthesis occurs in the :

a)

cell

b)

plant

c)

chloroplast

d)

Mitochondrion

26.

Cellular Respiration occurs in the

a)

Cell

b)

plant

c)

chloroplast

d)

mitochondion

27.

Photosynthesis happens all the time

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Cellular Respiration happens all the time

a)

True

b)

False