Photosynthesis & Respiration

Question 1

ATP

Answer 1

Adenosine triphosphate, energy-carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things. ATP captures chemical energy obtained from the breakdown of food molecules and releases it to fuel other cellular processes.

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 the process by which organisms use oxygen to break down food molecules to get chemical energy for cell functions.

Question 4

Chloroplast

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Glucose

Answer 5

Glucose is the main type of sugar in the blood and is the major source of energy for the body cells.

Question 6

Heterotroph

Answer 6

A heterotroph is an organism that eats other plants or animals for energy and nutrients

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. Producers get their energy by making their own food.

Question 9

Monosaccharide

Answer 9

A sugar that is not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis, is classed as either an aldose or ketose, and contains one or more hydroxyl groups per molecule

Question 10

Polysaccharide

Answer 10

A carbohydrate that can be decomposed by hydrolysis into two or more molecules of monosaccharides

Question 11

Starch

Answer 11

an odorless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue…It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store