Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Pre/Post-Test
Score _____/100
Standards Assessed:
SC.6.L.14.3 – Recognize and explore how cells of all organisms undergo similar processes to
maintain homeostasis, including extracting energy from food, getting rid of waste and
reproducing.
SC.8.L.18.1 – Describe and investigate the process of photosynthesis, such as the roles of light,
carbon dioxide, water and chlorophyll; production of food and release of oxygen.
SC.8.L.18.2 – Describe and investigate how cellular respiration breaks down food to provide
energy and releases carbon dioxide.
Answer the following multiple questions (5 points each)
1. Sunlight +6H20 + 6CO2--> C6H1206 +6O2 - What does the equation above represent?
A. Cellular Respiration
Human Respiration
B.
C. Photosynthesis
D. Solar Energy
2. What is Energy?
A. The ability to do work
The Sun
B.
C. The Earth
D. Photosynthesis
3. Energy is never created nor destroyed; it only is transferred from one thing to another.
A. True
False
B.
4. What is an autotroph?
A. An animal that eats out of a trough
An organism that makes its own food
B.
C. An organism that eats using its mouth
D. An organism that makes its own food
5. Where in the Cell does Photosynthesis take place?
A. Nucleus
Mitochondria
B.
C. Chloroplast
D. Cytoplasm
6. What are the two reactions that take place in the process of photosynthesis?
A. Intermediate Reaction and Beginning reaction
Light Reactions and the Calvin Cycle
B.
C. The Krebs Cycle and Glycolysis
D. Respiration and Exhalation
7. What is chemosynthesis?
A. The process of making chemicals into chemical energy
The process of changing the cell
B.
C. The process of moving electrons
D. The process of linking two things together
8. Where does the process of glycolysis take place?
A. Cytoplasm
Nucleus
B.
C. Mitochondria
D. Chloroplast
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9. What step of Cellular Respiration is the majority of the energy produced?
A. Calvin Cycle
Light Reactions
B.
C. Krebs Cycle
D. Electron Transport Chain
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10. C6H1206 +6O2--> 6H20 + 6CO2 + ATP - The equation listed represents the overall reaction
that takes place during which process?
A. Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
B.
C. Human Respiration
D. DNA Replication
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11. What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
A. Carbon Dioxide and Water
Glucose and Water
B.
C. Sunlight and Water
D. Oxygen and Glucose
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12. What are the products of cellular respiration?
A. Water and Glucose
Oxygen and Water
B.
C. Carbon Dioxide and Water
D. Oxygen and Glucose
13. A student is collecting the gas given off from a plant in bright sunlight at a temperature of 27
degrees Celsius. Which gas would the student be collecting?
A. Oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. ATP
D. Vaporized water
14. Plants and animals exchange materials through the processes of photosynthesis and respiration.
Which of these statements is true about the way these two processes are related?
A. The products of photosynthesis inhibit respiration.
B. The products of photosynthesis are also the products of cellular respiration.
C. The reactants of photosynthesis are also the reactants of cellular respiration.
D. The products of photosynthesis are the reactants of cellular respiration.
15. What does the Chloroplast do during the process of photosynthesis?
A. Stores water
B. Moves the energy into the cell
C. Control cellular activities
D. Transport glucose (sugars) through the cell
Short Answer:
Write the equations for photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Identify both the products
and reactants in each equation. Explain how the products and reactants of photosynthesis are
related to the products and reactants of cellular respiration. (Total Value 25 points)
Concept
and Point
Value
Equation
5
4
3
2
0
Accurately
displays the
correct reactants
on the left for
both
photosynthesis
(water and
carbon dioxide)
and cellular
respiration
(oxygen and
glucose/sugar)
AND the
products on the
right hand side
of the equation –
Accurately
displays the
correct
reactants on the
left for both
photosynthesis
(water and
carbon dioxide)
and cellular
respiration
(oxygen and
glucose/sugar)
AND the
products on the
right hand side
of the equation
The equation
is missing
certain
reactants or
products from
one or both
processes.
The equation is
missing certain
reactants or
products from
one or both
processes.
No Equations
Does not
indicate the
correct number
of each
molecule.
Includes
sunlight as a
Does not
indicate the
correct number
of each
molecule.
Includes
sunlight as a
necessity for
–
Indicates the
correct number
of each
molecule.
Includes
sunlight as a
necessity for
photosynthesis.
Includes both an
equation for
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration.
Identify
Products
Correctly
identifies all 4
products (2 from
photosynthesis /
2 from cellular
respiration)
Identify
Reactants
Correctly
identifies all 4
of the 4
reactants from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Accurately
identifies both
the reactants of
photosynthesis
are
released/created
as products of
cellular
respiration AND
both of the
reactants used in
cellular
respiration are
the products
created/released
from
photosynthesis
Explains
relationship
Does not
indicate the
correct
number of
each molecule.
necessity for
photosynthesis.
photosynthesis.
Includes both
an equation for
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration.
Does not
include both
an equation
for both
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration.
Correctly
identifies 2 of
the 4 products
from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Correctly
identifies 2 of
the 4 reactants
from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Addresses the
fact that at least
one of the
products of
photosynthesis
is used in the
process or
cellular
respiration OR
at least one of
the products
cellular
respiration is
used during
photosynthesis.
Correctly
identifies only
1 of the 4
products from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Correctly
identifies 1 of
the 4 reactants
from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Acknowledges
that cellular
respiration has
a relationship
with
photosynthesis
(and vice versa)
but makes no
connection
between the
products of one
being used as
reactants for
the other (viceversa)
Includes
sunlight as a
necessity for
photosynthesis.
Includes both
an equation for
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration.
Correctly
identifies 3 of
the 4 products
from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Correctly
identifies 3 of
the 4 reactants
from
photosynthesis
and cellular
respiration
Addresses the
fact that at least
one of the
products of
photosynthesis
is used in the
process or
cellular
respiration
AND at least
one of the
products
cellular
respiration is
used during
photosynthesis.
No Products
identified
No reactants
identified
Shows no
relationship
between the
reactants of
photosynthesis
and products of
cellular
respiration
AND reactants
of cellular
respiration and
products of
photosynthesis
ABCDF-
25-23
22-20
19-18
17-16
15-0