Photosynthesis & Respiration

Question 1

ATP

Answer 1

Energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things.

Question 2

Autotroph

Answer 2

An organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances

Question 3

Cellular Respiration

Answer 3

The process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions

Question 4

Chloroplast

Answer 4

A plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place

Question 5

Glucose

Answer 5

The main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body’s cells.

Question 6

Heterotroph

Answer 6

An organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances.

Question 7

Photosynthesis

Answer 7

The process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.

Question 8

Producer

Answer 8

An organism that produces organic compounds from simple substances such as water and carbon dioxide

Question 9

Monosaccharide

Answer 9

Any of the class of sugars that cannot be hydrolyzed to give a simpler sugar.

Question 10

Polysaccharide

Answer 10

A carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of sugar molecules bonded together.

Question 11

Starch

Answer 11

An odorless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue