Share Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
Save to Folder
The process by which plants use sunlight to create energy from carbon dioxide and water is known as ____________
Photosynthesis
Organisms that are able to produce their own energy and nutrition are known as _______________
Autotrophs
What organic molecule is produced from inorganic materials in photosynthesis?
Glucose
Leaves are green because they contain the pigment known as _________________
Chlorophyll
Chlorophyll appears green because it ________________ green wavelengths
Reflects
Autotrophs create their own nutrition from water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide. What are the organisms known as the consume autotrophs?
Heterotrophs
The fluid surrounding the chloroplast is known as:
Stroma
Where is chlorophyll located?
Inside chloroplast
Plants use ______________ as a food for energy and as a building block for growing
Glucose
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
Sunlight, water, CO2
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and glucose
Compartments inside chloroplasts that are the site of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis are known as _________________
Thylakoids
The energy carrying molecule found in the cells of all living things is defined as:
ATP
Processes that take place within a cell that break down glucose to from energy is known as:
Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration occurs in _________ and __________ cells
Plant, animal
Cellular respiration is much more efficient with the presence of __________.
Oxygen
