Basics of Cellular Reactions

Question 1

What is an autotroph?

Answer 1

An organism able to produce their own nutrients, typically with help from sunlight

Question 2

What is a heterotroph?

Answer 2

An organism which gains their food from autotrophs or other heterotrophs

Question 3

What happens in an anabolic reaction?

Answer 3

Simple substances join to form more complex substances

Question 4

What happens in a catabolic reaction?

Answer 4

Complex substances are broken down into simpler substances

Question 5

Autotrophs are…

Answer 5

Anabolic

Question 6

Heterotrophs are…

Answer 6

Catabolic

Question 7

Examples of an anabolic reaction?

Answer 7

Dehydration Synthesis and Photosynthesis

Question 8

Examples of a catabolic reaction?

Answer 8

Hydrolysis and Cellular Respiration