How photosynthesis and respiration feed each other
Grade 9 Science Worksheet - Building Confidence

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Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. The arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis is blank. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis: light energy. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration: energy moved to ATP and heat.
Ari reads a loop diagram of a leaf cell. The arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis is blank. Which substances belong on it?
- Glucose and oxygen
- Carbon dioxide and water
- Light energy and heat
- Nothing, since the processes share no substances
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Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. An arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis carries: carbon dioxide; water. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis: light energy. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration: energy moved to ATP and heat.
Bo reads that photosynthesis hands glucose and oxygen to cellular respiration. What does cellular respiration do with them?
- Uses them as its starting substances
- Ignores them and runs on its own supply
- Turns them into light energy for the leaf
- Makes them again from carbon dioxide and water
Esme counts the arrows that carry matter between the two boxes. How many are there, and which way do they point?
- Two, both from respiration to photosynthesis
- Two, one pointing each way
- Zero, since the boxes pass no substances
- One, from photosynthesis to respiration
Jun reads a leaf cell with two organelles, A and B. Which pair of names fits A and B?
- A is the nucleus and B is the cell wall
- A is a chloroplast and B is a mitochondrion
- A is a chloroplast, and the cell has no organelle B
- A is a mitochondrion and B is a chloroplast
Four cells are drawn (not to scale). Kira compares four cells. Which one has both chloroplasts and mitochondria?
Four cells are drawn (not to scale). Cell A is from a green leaf. Cell B is a muscle cell from a person. Cell C is a yeast cell from bread dough. Cell D is a cell from a mushroom. Four cells are drawn (not to scale). Cell A is from a green leaf. Cell B is a muscle cell from a person. Cell C is a yeast cell from bread dough. Cell D is a cell from a mushroom. Cell A green leaf Cell B muscle cell, person Cell C yeast cell, bread dough Cell D mushroom - No cell, since a cell makes sugar or uses it, not both
- Cell B, from the muscle of a person
- Cell A, from the green leaf
- Cell C, from the yeast in bread dough
Milo reads a word list. Which meaning matches the term photoautotroph?
- An organism that uses light to make its own food
- An organism that must take in sugars made by others
- An organism that does photosynthesis but not respiration
- An organism that gets energy from chemicals, not light
Pia reads that, in the loop, oxygen from photosynthesis is called a byproduct. What does that word mean here?
- A substance made by animals, not by plants
- A substance the cell absorbs straight from light
- A leftover that no cell can use
- A substance one reaction releases that another can use
“model, not to scale” Ren reads the wavy arrow that points into photosynthesis. Its label is blank. What does it carry?
Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. An arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis carries: carbon dioxide; water. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis. Its label is blank. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration: energy moved to ATP and heat. Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. An arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis carries: carbon dioxide; water. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis. Its label is blank. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration: energy moved to ATP and heat. photosynthesis in the chloroplast cellular respiration in the mitochondrion glucose oxygen carbon dioxide water energy moved to ATP and heat - Heat energy from respiration
- Light energy
- Energy taken from the soil
- Chemical energy from glucose
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Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. An arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis carries: carbon dioxide; water. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis: light energy. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration. Its label is blank.
Tala reads the wavy arrow that points out of cellular respiration. Its label is blank. What does it carry?
- Light energy sent back to photosynthesis
- Energy released at night and paused by day
- New energy created by the cell
- Energy moved to ATP, plus heat
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Flow diagram drawn as a loop (model, not to scale), inside a leaf cell. Two process boxes: photosynthesis, in the chloroplast, on the left; cellular respiration, in the mitochondrion, on the right. An arrow from photosynthesis to cellular respiration carries: glucose; oxygen. An arrow from cellular respiration back to photosynthesis carries: carbon dioxide; water. A wavy arrow points into photosynthesis: light energy. A wavy arrow points out of cellular respiration: energy moved to ATP and heat.
Zee reads the whole loop. Which statement about energy in the loop is right?
- Energy enters as light and some leaves as heat
- Energy is made fresh by the leaf cell
- Energy enters as heat and leaves as light
- Energy goes round and round like the matter does