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Cell Energy Processes

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 2hrs 0mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is one of the most important differences between plants and animals?

a)

Plants don't need water, but animals do.

b)

Animals can make their own food using sunlight.

c)

Plants do not move, but animals can.

d)

Plants can produce their own food using sunlight.

2.

The green structures found in plant cells that capture sunlight and use it to produce food for the cells are called ...

a)

chloroplasts.

b)

cytoplasm.

c)

vacuoles.

d)

ribosomes.

3.

The green pigment in plant cells that helps to trap the energy of sunlight is ...

a)

chlorophyll.

b)

nucleus.

c)

chloroplast.

d)

melanin.

4.

What do plants need to perform photosynthesis?

a)

oxygen

b)

water

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

sunlight

5.

What are the products of cellular respiration?

a)

Water

b)

Glucose

c)

Oxygen

d)

Carbon Dioxide

6.

The sugar or food molecule produced during photosynthesis is called ...

a)

carbon dioxide.

b)

glucose.

c)

oxygen.

d)

ATP.

7.

How do carbon dioxide and oxygen move into and out of a plant?

a)

Through the roots.

b)

Through large holes in the stem.

c)

Through tiny openings in the leaves called stomata.

8.

What are the reactants of cellular respiration?

a)
Glucose and Water
b)
Glucose and Oxygen
c)
Carbon Dioxide and Water
d)
Carbon Dioxide and Glucose
9.
What would stop photosynthesis from occuring?
a)
a very sunny day
b)
not enough carbon dioxide
c)
having too much water
d)
having excess ATP
10.

Anaerobic cellular respiration occurs when not enough oxygen is available to make energy.

a)

True

b)

False

11.
The main form of energy for a cell is
a)
sugar
b)
candy
c)
ATP
d)
GTP
12.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
glucose and carbon dioxide
b)
sugar and carbon dioxide
c)
glucose and oxygen
d)
oxygen and water
13.

Organisms that are able to make their own food are called:

a)

heterotrophs

b)

autotrophs

14.

What process occurs inside of mitochondria?

a)

mitochondresis

b)

fermentation

c)

photosynthesis

d)

cellular respiration

15.

If your body needed to do anaerobic respiration what would be the side effect?

a)

extra energy

b)

lucid muscles

c)

build up of lactic acid

d)

constant hunger

16.
What term means without oxygen?
a)
aerobic
b)
hydrophobic
c)
anaerobic
d)
hydrophillic
17.

Photosynthesis gives what to humans?

a)

oxygen

b)

food

c)

energy

d)

all of these

18.

Which organelle performs photosynthesis?

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

19.

Which of the following is the correct equation for photosynthesis?

a)

CO2 + light + H2O --> O2 + sugar

b)

CO2 + sugar + H2O --> O2 + light

c)

O2 + light + H2O --> CO2 + sugar

d)

CO2 + O2 + H2O --> light+ sugar

20.
What process occurs when light energy is captured in autotrophs and converted into sugar?
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Cellular Respiration
21.
Which gas is removed from the atmosphere during photosynthesis?
a)
hydrogen
b)
oxygen
c)
nitrogen
d)
carbon dioxide
22.
What are the products of photosynthesis?
a)
water and carbon dioxide
b)
oxygen and glucose
c)
oxygen and carbon dioxide
d)
oxygen and water
23.
What is photosynthesis?
a)
The process in which humans eat their food
b)
When a photographer takes a photo.
c)
To get your pictures from the photo lab.
d)
The process in which plants make their food.
24.
Leaves look green because.....
a)
they eat their vegetables
b)
to blend into their environment
c)
they contain a molecule named chlorophyll
d)
they are sick
25.
What is the purpose of cellular respiration?
a)
to break down food
b)
to create energy in the body
c)
to release energy from food
d)
there is none; it's a waste of time
26.

Cellular respiration happens in which two places?

a)

cytoplasm and mitochondria

b)

chlorplast and mitochondria

c)

chloroplast and stomata

d)

chloroplast and cytoplasm

27.
How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?
a)
They have opposite equations
b)
they have the same equation
c)
they both produce carbon dioxide
d)
they both produce oxygen
28.
What gas is released into the air during cellular respiration?
a)
oxygen
b)
carbon dioxide
c)
water 
d)
glucose
29.
The mitochondria is responsible for ...
a)
photosynthesis
b)
anaerobic respiration
c)
aerobic respiration
d)
fermentation
30.

True or False:

Both plant cells and animal cells depend on cellular respiration for their energy needs.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Which type of cellular respiration is faster?

a)

anaerobic

b)

aerobic

32.

Which type of cellular respiration produces much more ATP energy?

a)

aerobic

b)

anaerobic

33.
Yesterday we ran the mile and did sit-ups!  I was breathing really hard.  Today, my stomach and leg muscles hurt (because of a waste product called lactic acid)!  Because I didn't get enough oxygen, my body switched to this process to produce energy. 
a)
Fermentation
b)
Cellular Respiration
c)
Photosynthesis
d)
Glycolysis
34.

The process of cellular respiration takes place in which organelle?

a)

vacuole

b)

ribosome

c)

mitochondria

d)

golgi

35.

In which type of cells does fermentation take place?

a)

Eukaryotic

b)

Prokaryotic

c)

Both

36.

Along with carbon dioxide and ATP, what else is produced from mitochondria reactions?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Glucose

c)

Water

37.

A chemical process by which cells release energy from sugar when no oxygen is present.

a)

fermentation

b)

cell respiration

c)

photosynthesis

d)

passive transport

38.

Select all of the microorganisms that are responsible for fermentation.

a)

Bacteria

b)

Yeasts

c)

Molds

d)

Virus

39.

Anaerobic means without ________?

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Carbon Dioxide

c)

Oxygen

d)

Phosphorus

40.

Aerobic cellular respiration means ___________is used in the mitochondria?

a)

Glucose

b)

Oxygen

c)

Carbon dioxide

d)

phosphorus