Photosynthesis and Respiration Flashcards
Autotroph
An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
Heterotroph
An organism that must consume other organisms for food.
Cellular Respiration
The process that ALL organisms use to convert a sugar (glucose) into ATP, carbon dioxide, and water
Glucose
A carbohydrate that is made during photosynthesis
What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide and water.
What process allows energy to enter a food chain?
Photosynthesis
What happens to energy as it moves through a food chain?
The amount of energy available to the next feeding level decreases.
What part of cellular respiration occurs in the cytoplasm?
Glycolysis
Which type of fermentation is used in our muscle cells?
Lactic Acid Fermentation
If a process is aerobic, then it requires______.
Oxygen
Photosynthesis uses sunlight to make_____ and _______.
Glucose and oxygen.
What is the purpose of the light dependent reactions?
To produce energy to be used in the light independent reactions.
What color light does chlorophyll not absorb?
Green.
The correct sequence of processes in cellular respiration is:
Glycolysis, Citric Acid Cycle, and Electron Transport Chain
Glycolysis is an __________ process.
Anaerobic
