DEL CARMEN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

Name of Learner:__________________________________Grade Level:______________
Section:___________________ Date:__________________

Learning Area: SCIENCE Quarter: ____________

MELC: Differentiate basic features and importance of photosynthesis and respiration

CODE: S9LT-lg-j-31 Month:_____________ Week Covered:________________

(Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration)

What I Know (Pre Test)

Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What do you call the process wherein plants make their own food?
A. cellular respiration C. protein synthesis
B. photosynthesis D. carbon fixation
2. Which of the following is NOT a requirement of photosynthesis?
A. oxygen C. light energy
B. water D. carbon dioxide
3. Mesophyll layer of the leaf plays an important role in trapping light energy from
the sun upon which photosynthesis mostly take place in this layer. Why is this so?
A. because it contains air spaces
B. because it is transparent allowing light to penetrate
C. because it has the greatest number of chloroplasts
D. because it provides an entrance and exit for gases
4. What are the products of light-dependent reaction used to power the light-
independent reaction?
A. Sugar and ATP C. NADPH and ATP
B. Oxygen and NADPH D. NADPH and carbon dioxide
  5. Cellular respiration starts with glycolysis, which occurs in the cytoplasm,
producing 2 pyruvic acid. Which of the following processes will allow cellular
respiration to continue in case oxygen is absent?
A. Krebs Cycle C. aerobic respiration
B. Electron Transport Chain D. anaerobic respiration
     6.  All organisms get energy from food to perform different life processes. It is
done by converting stored energy from food into chemical energy for cell use.
Which of the following is associated with the production of chemical energy?
A. vacuole C. mitochondrion
B. chloroplast D. nucleus
     7.  How many ATP molecules are needed to split glucose into two?
A. 2 ATP C. 6 ATP
B. 4 ATP D. 8 ATP
     8. In glycolysis, glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate, a 3-
carbon molecule. This is accompanied by a net gain of how many ATP and
NADH molecules?
A. 4 ATP and 2 NADH C. 4 ATP and 4 NADH
   B. 2 ATP and 4 NADH D. 2 ATP and 2 NADH
9. Why does Calvin cycle needs the products of light phase?
A. Because it is needed to convert oxygen into sugar.
B. Because it is needed to convert sugar into oxygen.
C. Because it is needed to convert carbon dioxide into sugar.
D. Because it is needed to convert sugar into carbon dioxide.
     10. How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related to each other?
A.The products of one process are the reactants of the other.
B.The products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
C.The reactants of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
D.The reactant and the product of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are
just the same.
11. What is the final output of photosynthesis?
A. water C. glucose
B. oxygen D. sunlight
12. Why is that aerobic respiration more efficient than anaerobic respiration?
A. aerobic respiration produces less ATP.
B. aerobic respiration needs less oxygen.
C. aerobic respiration needs more oxygen.
D. aerobic respiration produces more ATP.
13. Where do respiration and cellular respiration take place?
A. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in plants
B. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in animals
C. Respiration occurs in chloroplast and photosynthesis occurs in
mitochondria
D. Respiration occurs in mitochondria and photosynthesis occurs in
chloroplast
      14. Which of the following is true about photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
A. Photosynthesis is just a reverse equation of cellular respiration.
B. Autotrophs and heterotrophs do not need each other to be able to survive.
C. Photosynthesis needs glucose and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water
and energy.
 D. Cellular respiration needs carbon dioxide, water and energy to produce
glucose and oxygen.
15. Which of these molecules completes the process of cellular respiration?
glucose + oxygen ----> water + _________ + _______
A. ATP , carbon dioxide C. NADH, oxygen
B. ADP, oxygen D. oxygen, ADP

How do plants manufacture

Lesson food?
1
Activity 1. Getting to Know Photosynthesis
Let’s find out: What do plants need during photosynthesis?
How do plants gather raw materials?
Let’s do it this way:
Have you tried cooking? Before cooking, you need some ingredients or raw materials
first, right? Plants need that too. 
Have you noticed a seed sprouting then turn into a young plant? Can you list below the
things that plants need to be able to grow?
1.
2.
3.

If you successfully list those things, label the parts of the plant below that will help in
acquiring them. Draw an arrow to trace where the raw materials are finally delivered. Use the
box below as guide.

Sunlight (light energy)

Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Water
 Illustrated by: Charlyn E. Lobido

For the next activity let’s now look into the main part of the plant where photosynthesis
takes place. And which part is that? Yes, you’re right, the leaves!

Activity 2. Internal parts of a leaf and chloroplast

Let’s find out: How do the internal of leaf and chloroplast looks like?
Let’s do it this way:
Label the parts of (a.) the internal structure of a leaf and (b) chloroplast using the given word
bank.

a. The internal structure of a leaf

spongy                                         upper epidermis 
palisade                                       lower epidermis
stomata                                                   chloroplast                                  cuticle
mesophyll
 Illustrated by: Charlyn E. Lobido

b. Chloroplast
thylakoid                     outer membrane                   stroma
granum                       inner membrane        

Illustrated by: Cheenie Mae A. Dacula

What’s More
Complete the diagram below using the keywords provided inside the box.
Key Words
Stroma ATP
Light-independent reaction/ Calvin Cycle carbon dioxide
Photosynthesis NADPH
Granum light energy
Water glucose
What I Have Learned
Answer the following questions by completing the sentence using the phrases inside the
box.
absorb energy from light facilitate gas exchange
water, carbon dioxide and energy 6H 2O (water)
C6H12O6 (glucose) it is the number one source of food
O6 (oxygen)

1. What do plants need for photosynthesis?

Plants need____________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

2. What is the function of the stomata?

The function of the stomata is to ____________________________________
______________________________________________________________

3. What is the function of the chlorophyll?

The function of the chlorophyll is to __________________________________
______________________________________________________________
4. Give the importance of photosynthesis to plants and other
organisms.
Photosynthesis is very important because ____________________________
______________________________________________________________

5. Write the summary equation of photosynthesis.

Activity 3. Experiencing Photosynthesis
Let’s find out: What are the basic requirements for the plants to grow?
Can plants manufacture their own food?
Let’s use these materials: mongo seeds, 2 plastic cups (labeled A and B ), soil
Note: It is better to soak the seeds overnight.
Let’s do it this way:
1. Fill up the cups about ¾ full of soil.
2. Plant two seeds in each cup.
3. Place the cups to different conditions. Cup A will be exposed to sunlight while cup B
is to dark area.
4. Add a little water for mixture for each cup.
5. Observe it for a week. Write your observations in the table below.

Set Up Conditio Observation

n Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

exposed
Cup A to
sunlight

Cup B dark
area

Questions:
1. What are the things you provide to successfully grow the seeds?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________
2. Is there any growth difference between the seeds in light and dark areas? If yes, what is it?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
3. How important is light in the growth of seeds?
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Lesson
How is stored energy in food
 converted into chemical
energy?
2
Activity 3. Getting to Know Cellular Respiration
Let’s find out: How do cells respire during a short exercise?
Let’s do it this way:
Let’s try a short workout for you to start with.
For 10 minutes follow the following instructions.
Note: Try to take 30 seconds rest between each exercise.
1. Squats
Stand with your feet and arms stretched forward then lower your body. Do it 20 times.

Photo credit: Charlyn E. Lobido

Figure 7. Curl ups

2. Jumping Jacks
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Raise your arm and clap over your head while
jumping. Do it 16 times.

Photo credit: Charlyn E. Lobido

Figure 8. Jumping Jacks

If you’re done, answer the question briefly.

What do you feel after doing the short exercise?

What I Have Learned

Choose the best word from the word bank to complete each sentence.

Word Bank

1. We breathe in ________ and breath out ___________.

2. Organisms need to eat because food is the source of ________.

3. Cellular respiration may be classified into two types, aerobic if it is

____________ and anaerobic if it is ______________.

4. An anaerobic respiration also begins with ____________ where a molecule of

glucose is broken down into two molecules of _____________.

1. In anaerobic respiration, acetaldehyde acts as the acceptor of hydrogen to produce a

molecule of ____________.

2. The broken down of molecules consist of three steps, namely glycolysis, ____________
and Krebs cycle.

7. Glycolysis occurs in ____________.

8. Pyruvate oxidation and Krebs cycle occurs in _____________.

9. Cellular respiration cannot take place in the absence of ____________.

10. Pyruvic acid oxidation converts pyruvic acid into ____________ with the

production of carbon dioxide.

Complete the Venn diagram below to show the similarities and differences between aerobic and
anaerobic respiration.
 Differentiating Photosynthesis
Lesson and Cellular Respiration
3
What’s New
Complete the following equations.
a. photosynthesis

b. cellular respiration

c. Write what you have noticed with the two equations

____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________

What’s More
Complete the diagram below using the following keywords: mitochondrion, water, carbon dioxide,
oxygen, glucose and chloroplast.

Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis

Illustrated by: Cheenie Mae A. Dacula

What I Have Learned

Answer the following questions. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Where do respiration and cellular respiration take place?
A. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in plants
B. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in animals
C. Respiration occurs in chloroplast and photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria
D. Respiration occurs in mitochondria and photosynthesis occurs in chloroplast
2. In what way are photosynthesis and cellular respiration different?
A. Respiration stores energy while photosynthesis releases energy
B. Cellular respiration stores ATP while photosynthesis releases ATP
C. Cellular respiration produces oxygen while photosynthesis uses oxygen
D. Cellular respiration uses oxygen while photosynthesis produces oxygen
3. How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related to each other?
A. The products of one process are the reactants of the other.
B. The products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
C. The reactants of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
D. The reactant and the product of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
4. Which of these molecules completes the process of cellular respiration?
glucose + oxygen ----> water + _________ + _______
A. ATP, carbon dioxide C. NADH, oxygen
B. ADP, oxygen D. oxygen, ADP
light energy
5. 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2
carbon dioxide water chlorophyll glucose oxygen

What process is being represented by the given chemical equation?

a. Cellular respiration c. aerobic respiration
 b. Photosynthesis d. anaerobic respiration

What I Can Do
Complete the table below.
Basis of Comparison Photosynthesis Respiration

Cell structure

Required energy

Raw materials

End products

Assessment: (Post-Test)
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What do you call the process wherein plants make their own food?
A. cellular respiration C. protein synthesis
B. photosynthesis D. carbon fixation
2. Which of the following is NOT a requirement of photosynthesis?
A. oxygen C. light energy
B. water D. carbon dioxide
3. Mesophyll layer of the leaf plays an important role in trapping light energy from the
sun upon which photosynthesis mostly take place in this layer. Why is this so?
A. because it contains air spaces
B. because it is transparent allowing light to penetrate
C. because it has the greatest number of chloroplasts
D. because it provides an entrance and exit for gases
4. What are the products of light-dependent reaction used to power the light-
independent reaction?
A. Sugar and ATP C. NADPH and ATP
B. Oxygen and NADPH D. NADPH and carbon dioxide
5. Cellular respiration starts with glycolysis, which occurs in the cytoplasm, producing
2 pyruvic acid. Which of the following processes will allow cellular respiration to
continue in case oxygen is absent?
A. Krebs Cycle C. aerobic respiration
B. Electron Transport Chain D. anaerobic respiration
 6. All organisms get energy from food to perform different life processes. It is done
by converting stored energy from food into chemical energy for cell use. Which of
the following is associated with the production of chemical energy?
A. vacuole C. mitochondrion
B. chloroplast D. nucleus
7. How many ATP molecules are needed to split glucose into two?
A. 2 ATP C. 6 ATP
B. 4 ATP D. 8 ATP
 8. In glycolysis, glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvate, a 3-carbon
molecule. This is accompanied by a net gain of how many ATP and NADH
molecules?
A. 4 ATP and 2 NADH C. 4 ATP and 4 NADH
   B. 2 ATP and 4 NADH D. 2 ATP and 2 NADH
9. Why does Calvin cycle needs the products of light phase?
A. Because it is needed to convert oxygen into sugar.
B. Because it is needed to convert sugar into oxygen.
C. Because it is needed to convert carbon dioxide into sugar.
D. Because it is needed to convert sugar into carbon dioxide.
 10. How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related to each other?
A. The products of one process are the reactants of the other.
B. The products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
C. The reactants of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the same.
D. The reactant and the product of photosynthesis and cellular respiration are just the
same.

11. What is the final output of photosynthesis?

A. water C. glucose
B. oxygen D. sunlight
12. Why is that aerobic respiration more efficient than anaerobic respiration?
A. aerobic respiration produces less ATP.
B. aerobic respiration needs less oxygen.
C. aerobic respiration needs more oxygen.
D. aerobic respiration produces more ATP.
13. Where do respiration and cellular respiration take place?
A. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in plants
 B. Respiration and photosynthesis both occur in animals
C. Respiration occurs in chloroplast and photosynthesis occurs in
mitochondria
D. Respiration occurs in mitochondria and photosynthesis occurs in
chloroplast
    14. Which of the following is true about photosynthesis and cellular respiration?
A. Photosynthesis is just a reverse equation of cellular respiration.
B. Autotrophs and heterotrophs do not need each other to be able to survive.
C. Photosynthesis needs glucose and oxygen to produce carbon dioxide, water and
energy.
D. Cellular respiration needs carbon dioxide, water and energy to produce glucose and
oxygen.
15. Which of these molecules completes the process of cellular respiration?
glucose + oxygen ----> water + _________ + _______
A. ATP , carbon dioxide C. NADH, oxygen
B. ADP, oxygen D. oxygen, ADP