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Life Processes - Respiration

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is digestion?

a)

Breaking down food into molecules usable by cells

b)

Taking in food or drink

c)

Maintaining a stable internal environment

d)

Taking in or releasing of oxygen or carbon dioxide

2.

The cells utilize glucose to produce energy

a)

Nutrition

b)

Excretion

c)

Respiration

d)

Homeostasis

3.

In the process of respiration __________________________

a)

Glucose is converted into carbondioxide

b)

glucose is converted into carbondioxide and water which releases energy

c)

pyruvic acid is converted into ATP

4.
What type of respiration requires oxygen?
a)
Aerobic
b)
Anaerobic
5.
What are the products of anaerobic respiration?
a)
Glucose and oxygen
b)
Carbon dioxide and water
c)
Lactic acid
d)
Carbon monoxide
6.

Where in the cell does aerobic respiration take place?

a)
Nucleus
b)
Cytoplasm
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Cell membrane
7.
What is required to carry out fermentation or anaerobic respiration?
a)
glucose
b)
the absence of oxygen
c)
glucose and the abscense of oxygen
8.
What process is the opposite of aerobic respiration?
a)
anaerobic respiration
b)
cellular respiration
c)
photosynthesis
d)
lactic acid fermentation
9.
 The expression "feel the burn" means that a person exercising is goes through...
a)
lactic acid fermentation
b)
alcoholic fermentation
c)
photosynthesis
d)
aerobic respiration
10.
"Feeling the burn" during extreme exercise is associated with...
a)
alcoholic fermentation
b)
lactic acid fermentation
c)
photosynthesis
d)
aerobic respiration
11.

Which of the following processes transport oxygen from the alveoli into the capillaries?

a)

Respiration

b)

Inhalation

c)

Exhalation

d)

Diffusion

12.

What is diffusion process?

a)

Molecules move from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration

b)

Molecules move from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration

13.
This is referred to as the energy currency of the cell
a)
ADP
b)
ATP
c)
Mitochondria
d)
Nucleus
14.

Which of the following structure is where cellular respiration occurs in the cell?

a)

nucleus

b)

cytoplasm

c)

mitochondria

d)

vacuoles

15.
When an organism breaks down food, the atoms get rearranged into different molecules. When the atoms get rearranged, what is released?  
a)
Energy
b)
Water
c)
Glucose
d)
Oxygen 
16.

main tube in respiration

a)

lungs

b)

trachea

c)

alveoli

d)

bronchial tubes

17.

smaller branches in lungs

a)

pharynx

b)

epiglottis

c)

bronchioles

d)

alveoli

18.

exchange of gases

a)

bronchial tubes

b)

alveoli

c)

larynx

d)

pharynx