Name: ____________________________________ Period: _____________ Date: ____________
Chapter 8 (Photosynthesis) & 9 (Photosynthesis)
Test Study Guide
All vocab and questions must be completed in order to earn the 5 pts. extra credit! Use the back if needed
Chapter 8 VOCABULARY:
 Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP)
 Thylakoid
 Photosynthesis
 Stroma
 Heterotroph
 NADP+
 Autotroph
 Light-dependent reactions
 Pigment
 Light –independent reactions (Calvin Cycle)
 Chlorophyll
Chapter 8 CONCEPTS:
1. What is ATP and what is its structure? How does ATP store or release energy?
2. What is photosynthesis and what are the reactants and products? What is the equation?
3. What is the role of a chloroplast in photosynthesis? What are the different structures within a chloroplast and
what are they capable of? Do humans have chloroplasts?
4. What are pigments? What is the main pigment in plant cells? Why are plants green?
5. What are electron carrier molecules and why are they important in photosynthesis.
6. What is the light-dependent reaction? What are the inputs & outputs, and where does it take place?
7. What is the light-independent reaction? What are the inputs & outputs, and where does it take place?
8. What factors affect photosynthesis? Be able to identify what a graph would look like if temperature were having
an effect on the rate of photosynthesis.
9. What kind of organisms are heterotrophs? What kind are autotrophs?
10. Label the figure below to the left with the following terms: thylakoid, stroma, granum, outer membrane, inner
membrane. Label and draw arrows to them. What does this figure represent?
11. Label the figure to the right with the following terms: Light dependent reaction, light independent reaction,
inputs, outputs, Sunlight, H2O, O2, CO2, glucose (C6H12O6) ATP & NADP+. What does this figure represent?
Name: ____________________________________ Period: _____________ Date: ____________
Chapter 9 VOCABULARY:
 Cellular respiration
 Aerobic
 Anaerobic
 Glycolysis
 Krebs Cycle (Citric Acid Cycle)
 Electron Transport Chain
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NADH & NAD+
Alcoholic fermentation
Lactic Acid fermentation
Pyruvic acid
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Chapter 9 CONCEPTS:
Where do organisms get the energy they need for life processes?
What is cellular respiration? What is the equation? What are the reactants and products?
What is the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
What is the order of the stages of Cellular Respiration?
How much energy is generated during each stage of cellular respiration? What would the total amount be?
What is the difference in aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration?
How do organisms generate energy when oxygen is not available?
What is alcoholic fermentation? What is Lactic Acid fermentation? What organisms perform them and what are
some products of each?
How does the body produce ATP during different stages of exercise?