Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Question 1

What are the reactants for photosynthesis? (what goes in)

Answer 1

Carbon dioxide and water

(6 CO2 and 6 H2O)

Question 2

What are the products of photosynthesis?

(what comes out)

Answer 2

Glucose and Oxygen

(C6H12O6 and O2)

Question 3

What are the reactants for cellular respiration?

(what goes in)

Answer 3

Oxygen and Glucose

(O2 and C6H12O6)

Question 4

What are the products of cellular respiration?

Answer 4

Carbon Dioxide, Water, and ATP

(6CO2, 6H2O, and 36 ATP)

Question 5

Why do plants appear green?

Answer 5

Because they reflect green light

(meaning they don’t absorb green light)

Question 6

Which phase of photosynthesis takes place in the thylakoids?

Answer 6

The light dependent reactions

Question 7

Where does the Calvin Cycle take place?

(Calvin Cycle = Light Independent Reactions)

Answer 7

In the Stroma of the Chloroplast

Question 8

During the light dependent reactions, what causes the water molecules to split?

Answer 8

Light

Question 9

Where does the Oxygen that plants release come from?

Answer 9

The splitting of water in the light reactions

Question 10

What are the products of the light dependent reactions?

Answer 10

Oxygen, NADPH, and 2 ATP

Question 11

What goes into the calvin cycle?

Answer 11

Carbon Dioxide, NADPH, and ATP

Question 12

What is produced through the calvin cycle?

Answer 12

Glucose, NADP, and ADP

Question 13

What is the overall purpose of photosynthesis?

Answer 13

To make energy in the form of glucose

Question 14

_____ is the form that energy is found in food

Answer 14

Calories (kilocalories)

Question 15

What is the purpose of cellular respiration?

Answer 15

To make ATP (energy)

Question 16

How many steps are in aerobic respiration? What are they?

Answer 16

Glycolysis, Kreb’s Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle), and the Electron Transport Chain

Question 17

Where does glycolysis take place?

Answer 17

In the cytoplasm

Question 18

What goes into glycolysis?

Answer 18

Glucose and 2 ATP

Question 19

Is Glycolysis aerobic or anaerobic?

Answer 19

Anaerobic (does not require oxygen)

Question 20

Pyruvic acid, NADH, and a net gain of 2 ATP are the products of ______ in cellular respiration.

Answer 20

Glycolysis

Question 21

What molecules enter the Kreb’s cycle?

Answer 21

Pyruvic acid and oxygen

Question 22

What is released from the Citric Acid Cycle?

Answer 22

CO2, NADH, FADH, and 2 ATP

Question 23

Where do the 2nd and 3rd steps of respiration take place?

Answer 23

In the mitochondria

Question 24

FADH, NADH, and Oxygen are all involved in the

Answer 24

Electron Transport Chain

Question 25

How much ATP is made in the ETC?

Answer 25

32 ATP

Question 26

How much ATP does cellular respiration create?

Answer 26

36 ATP

Question 27

Where is the energy stored in an ATP molecule?

Answer 27

Between the 2nd and 3rd phosphate molecules

Question 28

How much energy does fermentation produce?

Answer 28

0 ATP

Question 29

How do lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation differ?

Answer 29

One makes lactic acid, the other makes alcohol