1.1.2 Nutrition & Respiration

Question 1

What must Organisms obtain for Energy?

Answer 1

Food

Question 2

What is Energy necessary for?

Answer 2

Energy is necessary to carry out life processes e.g. movement, respiration and excretion

Question 3

What do plants use to produce glucose and oxygen in the process of Photosynthesis

Answer 3

sunlight, carbon dioxide and water

Question 4

Because Plants create their own food for energy, what are they described as?

Answer 4

autotrophic

Question 5

What do animals consume for energy

Answer 5

Other living organisms

Question 6

Explain the animal digestion process

Answer 6

They break down larger complex molecules into simpler molecules through the process of digestion

Question 7

As animals obtain their food from a range of different sources, what are they described as?

Answer 7

heterotrophic

Question 8

What is respiration

Answer 8

Respiration is a chemical reaction carried out in all living organisms

Question 9

If Energy from Glucose is released in the presence of Oxygen, what type of respiration is it?

Answer 9

aerobic respiration

Question 10

If Energy from Glucose is released in the absence of Oxygen, what type of respiration is it?

Answer 10

anaerobic respiration

Question 11

What form is energy transferred to?

Answer 11

ATP or better known as adenosine triphosphate

Question 12

The reaction of Glucose and Oxygen ultimately result in what as waste products

Answer 12

Carbon Dioxide and Water

Question 13

What is the equation for aerobic respiration

Answer 13

Glucose + Oxygen —> Carbon Dioxide + Water