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Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Test

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Chlorophyll is a plant pigment that has the ability to absorb light.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is the role of light in the process of Photosynthesis

a)

Light turns into sugar.

b)

Light provides energy for breaking down sugar.

c)

Light provides the energy for assembling small molecules into sugars

d)

Light is sugar

3.

carbon dioxide + water with sunlight ---> glucose

(sugar) + oxygen

What are the reactants?

a)

light

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide and water

d)

glucose and oxygen

4.

carbon dioxide + water with sunlight ---> glucose

(sugar) + oxygen

What are the products?

a)

Light

b)

Glucose

c)

Carbon Dioxide and Water

d)

Glucose and Oxygen

5.

Chloroplasts are found mostly in the leaves of plants because the large surface area of leaves allows for maximum light absorption.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Oxygen is a product of cellular respiration.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Where does cellular respiration take place?

a)

Golgi Apparatus

b)

Chloroplast

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Nucleus

8.

ATP is not a source of energy for plants and animals.

a)

True

b)

false

9.

Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in cellular respiration?

a)

glycolysis > fermentation > Krebs cycle

b)

Krebs cycle > electron transport > glycolysis

c)

glycolysis > Krebs cycle > electron transport

d)

Krebs cycle > glycolysis > electron transport

10.

What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?

a)

6 O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6 CO2 + 6 H20 + Energy

b)

6 O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy -> 6 CO2 + 6 H20

c)

6 CO2 + 6 H20 -> 6 O2 + C6H12O6 + Energy

d)

6 CO2 + 6 H20 + Energy -> 6 O2 + C6H12O6

11.

Cellular respiration is called an aerobic process because it requires

a)

light

b)

exercise

c)

oxygen

d)

glucose

12.

Which organism is NOT likely to carry out cellular respiration?

a)

cypress tree

b)

button mushroom

c)

anaerobic bacterium

d)

Siberian tiger

13.

Which of the following is one of the ways that cellular respiration and photosynthesis are opposite processes?

a)

Photosynthesis releases energy, and cellular respiration stores energy.

b)

Photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, and cellular respiration puts it back.

c)

Photosynthesis removes oxygen from the atmosphere, and cellular respiration puts it back.

d)

Photosynthesis consumes glucose, and cellular respiration produces glucose.

14.

The products of photosynthesis are the

a)

products of cellular respiration

b)

reactants of cellular respiration

c)

products of glycolysis

d)

reactants of fermentation

15.

Based on the cycle of photosynthesis and cellular respiration, one can say that the ultimate original source of energy for all living things on Earth is

a)

glucose

b)

water

c)

the sun

d)

carbon dioxide

16.

Suspended in the fluid stroma of chloroplasts are

a)

organelles called eukaryotes

b)

numerous mitochondrial membranes

c)

small coins that provide energy

d)

stacks of thylakoids called grana

17.

Which process occurs here?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

18.

Which process occurs here?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

19.

Which of the following is NOT true about ATP?

a)

ATP consists of adenine, ribose, and phosphate

b)

When ATP releases energy, ADP is formed

c)

Used ATP is discarded as cell waste

d)

ATP provides energy for cells to function

20.

Which of the following statements best describes the process of photosynthesis?

a)

Plants use oxygen to make simple sugars.

b)

Chlorophyll builds sugars in the thylakoid membrane

c)

Light breaks down water molecules and releases carbon dioxide.

d)

Chloroplasts absorb sunlight and store chemical energy

21.

What is the term for an organism that makes its own source of chemical energy?

a)

decomposer

b)

producer

c)

chloroplast

d)

protist

22.

The main light-absorbing molecules found in plant leaves are called

a)

chloroplasts

b)

thylakoids

c)

chlorophyll

d)

grana

23.

The function of the light-dependent reactions is to

a)

build sugars.

b)

capture and transfer energy.

c)

release carbon dioxide.

d)

form water molecules.

24.

Which of the following types of organisms uses cellular respiration for their cellular energy needs?

a)

eukaryotes

b)

plants only

c)

animals only

d)

prokaryotes

25.

The part of cellular respiration in which glucose is broken down is called

a)

photosynthesis.

b)

aerobic respiration.

c)

electron transport.

d)

glycolysis.

26.

What provides the electron transport chain in cellular respiration with the energy it needs to function?

a)

ATP synthase

b)

glycolysis

c)

chlorophyll

d)

Krebs cycle

27.

As living systems use energy they also transform matter. All of these matter transformations are the result of living systems–

a)

recombining elements in different ways to form new products.

b)

changing inorganic elements into new elements that are useful.

c)

removing the electric charge on large molecules to gain energy.

d)

using energy to break bonds of organic compounds.

28.

Which of the following accurately describes the movement of carbon between the atmosphere and the biosphere?

a)

Animals exhaling oxygen into the air.

b)

Plants absorbing carbon dioxide from the air.  

c)

Precipitation delivering carbon dioxide into the soil.

d)

Evaporation delivering carbon dioxide into the air.

29.

Shown here is an incomplete chemical equation for the reaction known as photosynthesis.

6CO2+6H2O+light energy → 6O2 +_____

Which of the following substances correctly completes the equation?

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

glucose

d)

oxygen

30.

During a normal 24-hour period, when do plants do photosynthesis?

a)

Only when it is dark outside

b)

Only when it rains

c)

When it is light or dark outside

d)

Only when it is light outside

31.

During a normal 24-hour period, when do plants do cellular respiration?

a)

Only when it is dark outside

b)

Never

c)

When it is light or dark outside (all 24 hours)

d)

Only when it is light outside

32.

Where in the cell does cellular respiration take place?

a)

Golgi apparatus

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Chloroplasts

33.

Where in the cell does photosynthesis take place?

a)

Chloroplasts

b)

Ribosomes

c)

Mitochondria

d)

Golgi Apparatus

34.

Do plants and humans both use the same type of cellular respiration?

a)

Yes

b)

No

35.
What are the products of aerobic respiration?
a)
Glucose and oxygen
b)
Carbon dioxide and water
c)
Lactic acid
d)
Carbon monoxide
36.
What does it mean for something to be anaerobic?
a)
It requires CO2
b)
It does not require CO2
c)
It requires oxygen
d)
It does not require oxygen
37.
Fermentation involves
a)
aerobic respiration
b)
anaerobic respiration 
38.
Which type of respiration is most efficient?
a)
Aerobic
b)
Anaerobic
39.

Match the following

a)

Glycolysis

1.

First reaction, and is responsible for breaking down glucose into 2 pyruvate, happens in cytoplasm

b)

Krebs Cycle

2.

Here the pyruvate is broken down , this process releases ATP and NADH/FADH

c)

electron transport chain

3.

In this reaction, NADH, the electron carrier gives off its electrons to a series of molecules

40.

Energy is released when a phosphate is _______.

a)

Used for cell functions

b)

Broken-Down

c)

Removed

d)

Added

41.

Glycolysis takes place in _________.

a)

Lysosome

b)

Cytoplasm

c)

Cell Membrane

d)

Golgi Vesicle

42.

Anaerobic respiration requires

a)

Oxygen

b)

No oxygen

43.

The chemical energy used for most cell processes is supplied by ___ molecules.

a)

ADP

b)

ATP