Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Misc.
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Brain Teasers
100

What is the major energy source for photosynthesis?

Sun

100

Name the term for an organism that can make its own food.

Name the term for an organism that cannot make its

own food.

Autotroph


Hereotroph

100

ATP = ????

EN ER GY!!!!


100

You can feel it, but you can’t touch it. You can hear it, but you can’t see it. What is it?

the wind

100

What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?  

Ans:  Silence

200

Name the green pigment that captures sunlight>

Chlorophyll

200

Name the reactants (raw materials) of cellular respiration.

glucose and oxygen

200

Name the products of photosynthesis.

glucose and oxygen

200

I can make oil boil.   What am I?


The letter b

200

What can a cup be filled with so it is lighter than when it is full of air?  

Ans:  Holes

300

Name the opening that allows carbon dioxide to enter the plant and oxygen and water to exit the plant.

What's STO MA TA with you.

Stomata

300

What does cellular respiration provide for plant cells?

Oxygen

300

Name what a plant needs to perform photosynthesis.

carbon dioxide

water

sunlight

300

Can you make the 2 columns add up to the same total by moving only one number.

1+2+3+7+8=21

4+5+6+9 = 24

1+2+3+7+8=21

4+5+6+6=21

300

Where does yesterday always come after today?  

Ans: in the dictionary

400

Name the organelle that makes food for a plant cell.

Chloroplast

400

Name the products of cellular respiration.

carbon dioxide

water

ATP = EN ER GY !!!!!

400

What organelle makes energy for a plant cell?

MITOCHONDRIA!!!!!

400

Emily loves cats and she keeps some of them as pets.  All but two of them are completely black. All but two of them are completely white.  All but two of them are completely ginger.  How many cats does Emily have in total?

one black

one white

one ginger

400

What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?


The word short.  shorter

500

List the photosynthesis equation. 

CO2 + H2O  -----Sun------  C6H12O6 + O2

500

List the equation for cellular respiration.

glucose + oxygen _____ carbon + water + ATP

                                     dioxide 

500

What organelle makes food for an animal cell?

None, animal cells don't make food for themselves
500

Try to re-arrange the letters of NEW DOOR to make one word.

one word

500

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose among three rooms. The first is full of raging fires, the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?


The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.