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Photosynthesis and Respiration Study Guide
Photosynthesis:
1. Write the balanced chemical equation for photosynthesis.
2. What are the raw materials of photosynthesis?
3. What are the products of photosynthesis?
4. What is the first stage of photosynthesis?
5. What is the second stage of photosynthesis?
6. What three elements make up the equation of photosynthesis?
7. Where in the cell does photosynthesis take place?
8. What is the pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs the energy from the sun called?
9. Name two factors that cause leaves to change color in autumn?
10. Name two pigments found in leaves.
11. What kind of trees loose their leaves in autumn?
12. Name the process used to separate the various pigments in leaves.
13. What is an autotroph? Give two examples.
14. What is a heterotroph? Give two examples.
15. Why is the sun important to all living things?
16. What process is responsible for producing most of the Earth’s oxygen?
17. What are the tiny openings on the undersides of leaves that control the
movement of carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water vapor called?
18. What are the cells that surround the tiny openings on the undersides of leaves
called?
Cellular Respiration:
19. Define cellular respiration.
20. Where does the second stage of respiration take place in the cell?
21. Name the three products of respiration.
22. What organisms undergo alcoholic fermentation?
23. Why is respiration important for a cell?
24. Explain the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration?
25. Which raw material is not needed for fermentation to occur?
26. What kind of fermentation takes place in your muscles when the cells do not
have enough oxygen to produce energy?
27. What is anaerobic respiration?
28. What is aerobic respiration?