Chapter 5 Test

Question 1

All energy flow starts with energy from

Answer 1

sunlight

Question 2

Why is energy flow represented by an upside down pyramid?

Answer 2

because energy browns down the pyramid.

Question 3

What is a primary producer and give an example? What does it eat?

Answer 3

a primary producer is a plant. a tree. sunlight.

Question 4

What is an herbivore and give an example? What does it eat?

Answer 4

an animal that only eats plants. a brontosaurus. primary sources.

Question 5

What is a carnivore and give an example? What does it eat?

Answer 5

an animal that only eats. a t-rex. herbivores and other other animals.

Question 6

What is a decomposer and give an example? What does it eat?

Answer 6

a decomposer breaks down a primary producer, an herbivore, and a carnivore for food and to recycle nutrients. Fungi, termites

Question 7

What is an omnivore?

Answer 7

an animal that eats plants and meat.

Question 8

What is the process of converting sunlight into glucose called?

Answer 8

photosynthesis

Question 9

Where in a plant does it take place?

Answer 9

the chloroplast.

Question 10

What is the pigment required for photosynthesis and what color is it?

Answer 10

chlorophyll. green.

Question 11

What are the raw materials of photosynthesis?

Answer 11

sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide.

Question 12

Where does water enter a plant and how does it get to the leaves?

Answer 12

the roots. by the xylem.

Question 13

What did Van Helmont study?

Answer 13

trees.

Question 14

What are the products of photosynthesis?

Answer 14

CH12 O6 + 6O2

Question 15

What is an equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 15

sunlight + 6H2O + 6CO -> C6 H12 + 6O2

Question 16

What is glucose?

Answer 16

a simple sugar.

Question 17

How is glucose transported to other parts of a plant?

Answer 17

the phloem.

Question 18

How is extra glucose stored in a plant?

Answer 18

starch.

Question 19

What is starch?

Answer 19

it is a chain of glucose molecules that can make it a carbohydrate.

Question 20

Where is starch stored in a plant?

Answer 20

roots, fruits, and seeds.

Question 21

When a plant is eaten by an animal where is starch broken down?

Answer 21

mouth, stomach, and intestines.

Question 22

How is glucose converted to energy in animals?

Answer 22

cell respiration.

Question 23

How do plants make energy in the dark?

Answer 23

fermentation.

Question 24

What is cellular respiration?

Answer 24

the process of breaking down glucose to release energy.

Question 25

Where does cellular respiration take place?

Answer 25

in mitochondria.

Question 26

How does glucose get to the cells for use in cellular respiration?

Answer 26

*** photosynthesis (?)

Question 27

What are the reactants for cellular respiration?

Answer 27

glucose and oxygen.

Question 28

What are the products of cellular respiration?

Answer 28

water, carbon dioxide, and energy.

Question 29

What is an equation to represent cellular respiration?

Answer 29

ADP+P+energy -> ATP.

Question 30

What is ATP? How many phosphate bonds does it have?

Answer 30

three.

Question 31

How is energy stored in ATP?

Answer 31

it is stored in the chemical bonds of ATP.

Question 32

How is energy released from ATP?

Answer 32

when a phosphate bond is broken energy is released.

Question 33

What processes in your body require energy?

Answer 33

*** ATP (?).

Question 34

What materials do carnivores get when they heat herbivores or other carnivores?

Answer 34

proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.

Question 35

Fill in the following diagram of energy flow.

Answer 35

sunlight
primary sources
herbivores 
carnivores
decomposers