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Mrs. Brunos Biology Homework:

Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
The equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration are shown below.
Photosynthesis
6CO2 + 6 H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
Cellular Respiration
C6H12O6 + 6O2 6 CO2 + 6H2O + 36 ATP
1. What carbohydrate is a product of photosynthesis and a reactant in cellular respiration?
a. ATP
b. Oxygen
c. Glucose
d. Carbon Dioxide
2. Cellular respiration involves an energy conversion. Which of the following represents the energy conversion that
occurs during cellular respiration?
a. ATP to glucose
b. light energy to glucose
c. glucose to ATP
d. ATP to light energy
4. Which of the following pairings show the gas released during cellular respiration and the organelle responsible for
the process?
a. O2, chloroplast
b. Glucose, mitochondria
c. ATP, chloroplast
d. CO2, mitochondria
5. Complete the chart below.
Process
Reactants

Products

Photosynthesis

Cellular Respiration

6. Cellular respiration involves an energy conversion. Which of the following represents the energy conversion that
occurs during cellular respiration?
a. light energy to glucose
b. ATP to light energy
c. ATP to glucose
d. Glucose to ATP

7. What do both aerobic and anaerobic respiration have in common?

a. They require oxygen.
b. They produce lactic acid and ethyl alcohol
c. They require light energy.
d. They produce ATP.
8. Cellular respiration occurs in the mitochondria. Which of the following contains an organelle for cellular
respiration?
a. prokaryote
b. eukaryote
c. bacterial cell
d. cell without a nucleus

9. Glucose is produced during photosynthesis. Which type of biomolecule is glucose?

a. carbohydrate
c. protein
b. lipid
d. nucleic acid
10. The process by which plants and other autotrophs use light energy to make sugar from water and carbon dioxide
is calleda. Diffusion
c. Photosynthesis
b. Chloroplast
d. Cellular respiration
11. During photosynthesis, what organelle converts carbon dioxide and water into glucose?
a. Mitochondria
c. Golgi apparatus
b. Nucleus
d. Chloroplast
12. During a solar eclipse the moon covers the sun and there is darkness during the day. Which of the following is
most likely to occur as a result of this?
a. The amount of oxygen produced by plants would decrease
b. The amount of oxygen produced by plants would increase
c. The amount of carbon dioxide produced by plants would decrease
d. The amount of carbon dioxide produced by plants would increase
13. The ultimate source of energy for all living things is
a. Air
b. Sunlight

c. Oxygen
d. Carbon dioxide

14. Why is cellular respiration important? Explain.

15. Explain the difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.