Vocabulary
Process by which inorganic chemicals are broken down to release energy.
What is Chemosynthesis?
Green plants produce their own food during photosynthesis. Which of these statements about photosynthesis is true?
A. Carbon dioxide is one product of photosynthesis
B. Oxygen is one product of photosynthesis
B. Oxygen is one product of photosynthesis
Organisms that can produce their own glucose are known as
Autotrophs
What gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
This means that oxygen is needed is called ___________
Aerobic respiration
Plants make their own food by using the Sun's energy, carbon dioxide and water.
What is Photosynthesis?
Aerobic means________________.
In the presence of oxygen.
In what organelle does photosynthesis occur?
Chloroplasts
Which molecule is used by cells as an energy source?
ATP
The equation:
C6H12O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
is the equation for the process of what?
Cellular Respiration
What is Alcohol Fermentation?
The food that plants produce during photosynthesis is called
Glucose
_________________ is the chemical reaction that produces glucose.
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration that occurs without the use of oxygen
Anaerobic Respiration
Which molecule is used by cells as an energy source?
ATP
Process of using oxygen to break down food molecules into simpler molecules and releasing energy.
What is Cellular Respiration?
True or False: Chlorophyll captures light energy during photosynthesis.
True
Light-dependent reactions and light-independent reactions refer to.....
photosynthesis
What is the source of energy for photosynthesis?
Sunlight-radiant
A green pigment that captures the energy from sunlight
Chlorophyll
Occurs in the muscles when cells use oxygen at a faster rate than body can replace it.
What is Lactic Acid Ferminatation?
How do plants and animals get the energy they need?
Plants break down the glucose they produced in photosynthesis, and animals get energy from eating other organisms.
Chloroplasts are found in
Plant cells
What gas is released by plants during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
A mushroom digest a dead log. How would you describe the mushroom?
Heterotroph