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Matter Cycles and Cellular Respiration

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As CO2 concentration increases in this graph, how is average global temperature affected?

a)

As CO2 concentration increases, average global temperature increases.

b)

As CO2 concentration increases, average global temperature decreases.

c)

As CO2 concentration increases, global temperature stays the same.

d)

CO2 concentration and average global temperature have no relationship.

2.
Which cycle is this?
a)
Carbon
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Phosphorus
d)
Water
3.
Which cycle is this?
a)
Carbon
b)
Nitrogen
c)
Phosphorus
d)
Water
4.

What organisms are part of the carbon cycle?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

bacteria

d)

all living things

5.

Plants use carbon dioxide in the process of _____________.

a)

decay

b)

shedding leaves

c)

photosynthesis

d)

respiration

6.

What are two ways that CO2 is released into the atmosphere?

a)

Vacuuming and dusting.

b)

Combustion and decomposition.

c)

Swimming and decomposition.

d)

None of the above.

7.

Nitrogen is essential for building _____________________.

a)

Fats

b)

Mountains

c)

High rise buildings

d)

Proteins

8.

Matter cycles through the biotic and abiotic components of the Earth's ecosystems.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

a)

Combustion

b)

Respiration

c)

Photosynthesis

10.

If the plant population decreased, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere would _________.

a)

Stay the same

b)

Increase

c)

Decrease

11.

Carbon molecules cannot be created or destroyed

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Not enough information to answer

12.

Plants and animals cannot use nitrogen directly from the air.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What converts nitrogen gas into a usable form for plants and animals?

a)

bacteria

b)

rain

c)

fungi

d)

car exhaust

14.

A correct path that nitrogen could take would be

a)

air -> animals -> plants -> bacteria

b)

animals -> air -> bacteria -> plants

c)

bacteria -> air -> plants -> animals

d)

air -> bacteria -> plants -> animals

15.

What is denitrification?

a)

Conversation of nitrite back to nitrogen gas

b)

Conversation of ammonia back to nitrogen gas

16.
Which of the following add carbon dioxide to the atmosphere?
a)
volcanoes
b)
combustion of fossil fuels
c)
animal and plant respiration
d)
all of these
17.
What is happening at 1?
a)
respiration: releasing CO2
b)
decomposing CO2 in the soil
c)
photosynthesis: absorbing CO2
d)
turning CO2 from the atmosphere into organic molecules
18.

The process in which a cell harvests energy from glucose and makes it into usable energy for the body is called-----

a)

cellular fermentation

b)

anaerobic respiration

c)

aerobic fermentaion

d)

cellular respiration

19.

Which organ in a cell produces a large amount of ATP through cellular respiration?

a)

chloroplast

b)

mitochondrion

c)

nucleus

d)

ribosome

20.

During cellular respiration, energy is released from food. What else does the cell need for this process to take place.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

sunlight

d)

nitrogen

21.

Most energy that is released during respiration is produced in the ____

a)

sky

b)

mitochondria

c)

stoma

d)

chloroplast

22.
The purpose of cellular respiration is to 
a)
make water
b)
make ATP
c)
make glucose
d)
make  oxygen
23.

In which way are photosynthesis and cellular respiration different?

a)

Cellular respiration stores ATP, while photosynthesis releases ATP.

b)

Cellular respiration produces oxygen, while photosynthesis uses oxygen.

c)

Photosynthesis releases glucose, while cellular respiration stores glucose.

d)

Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide, while cellular respiration produces carbon dioxide.

24.

What is the correct equation for cellular respiration?

a)

6O2 + C6H12O6 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP

b)

6O2 + C6H12O6 + ATP -> 6CO2 + 6H2O

c)

6CO2 + 6H2O -> 6O2 + C6H12O6 + ATP

d)

6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP -> 6O2 + C6H12O6

25.

Which organisms perform cellular respiration?

a)

only autotrophs

b)

both autotrophs and heterotrophs

c)

only heterotrophs