Cellular Processes

Photosynthesis

100

Plants make their own food using energy that comes from the

sun

200

What are the products of photosynthesis?

glucose and oxygen

300

What captures energy from sunlight during photosynthesis?

chlorophyll

400

What is the equation for photosynthesis?

light energy + 6CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) + 6H₂O (Water) ---------> C₆H₁₂O₆ (Glucose) + 6O₂ (Oxygen)

500

How does photosynthesis benefit heterotrophs?

It creates food that they can eat. 

Cellular Respiration

100

The products of respiration are energy, carbon dioxide, and

water

200

During respiration, molecules of ____________________ are first broken down in the cytoplasm.

glucose

300

The stage of respiration that releases most of the energy in glucose occurs in the

mitochondria

400

The stage of respiration that releases only a small amount of energy occurs in the

cytoplasm

500

What is the purpose of cellular respiration?

For glucose to be broken down, releasing energy.

Fermentation

100

If not enough oxygen is present to carry out cellular respiration, these organisms switch to another process called _______.

fermentation

200

This type of fermentation produces alcohol, carbon dioxide, and a small amount of energy.

Alcoholic Fermentation

300

Give an example of alcoholic fermentation.

Answers may vary example: yeast causing dough to rise

400

Give an example of when lactic-acid fermentation most likely is to occur?

answers may vary example: a very fast run

500

How does fermentation that causes dough to rise differ from fermentation in muscles?

dough: Carbon Dioxide 

Muscles: lactic acid

Vocabulary

100

An organism that makes its own food is called a(n)

autotroph

200

Almost all living things depend on the process of ____________________ to supply them with the energy they need.

Photosynthesis

300

Energy from glucose is released in the process of ____________________.

cellular respiration

400

An organism that does not make its own food is called a(n)

heterotroph

500

Chloroplasts contain a pigment called ____________________ that captures the energy in light.

chlorophyll

Miscellaneous

100

What is the control center of the cell?

nucleus

200

Lions and zebras are examples of ____________________

heterotrophs

300

How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?

They are opposites.

400

The main difference between respiration and fermentation is that respiration uses ____________________ to obtain energy from food.

oxygen

500

What does mitochondria do for the cell?

Answers may vary example: A great deal of energy is released through cellular respiration which occurs in the mitochondria which is why it is called the powerhouse of the cell.