Photosynthesis and 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 such as carbon dioxide.

Question 3

Cellular Respiration

Answer 3

Cellular respiration is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms

Question 4

Chloroplast

Answer 4

a plastid that contains chlorophyll and in which photosynthesis takes place.

Question 5

Glucose

Answer 5

Glucose, also called dextrose, one of a group of carbohydrates known as simple sugars (monosaccharides)

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. (makes) its own food.

Question 9

Monosaccharide

Answer 9

any of the class of sugars (e.g., glucose) that cannot be hydrolyzed to give a simpler sugar.

Question 10

polysaccharide

Answer 10

Polysaccharides are long chains of monosaccharides linked by glycosidic bonds.

Question 11

Starch

Answer 11

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds called polymers