Respiration

By Mr G Davidson


1. How many phosphate molecules would you find on one molecule of ATP?

    1

    2

    3

    4

2. When a glucose molecule is completely broken down, how many ATP molecules are released?

    

3. How many ATP molecules are made by the process of fermentation?

    

4. Lactic acid is a product of anaerobic respiration in plants.

    True

    False

5. Glucose is broken down to 2 molecules of pyruvate in both plants and animals.

    True

    False

6. Which of the following is correct?

    Aerobic respiration occurs in the mitochondria only

    Aerobic respiration occurs in the cytoplasm only

    Aerobic respiration occurs in the cytoplasm and mitochondria

    None of the above

7. Anaerobic respiration in plants is a reversible process.

    True

    False

8. A build up of lactic acid causes in muscle cells.

9. We use kilojoules to measure energy.

    True

    False

10. The products of aerobic respiration in plants are:

    water and oxygen

    carbon dioxide and water

    pyruvate and carbon dioxide

    pyruvate and water