Biology quiz: Photosynthesis & respiration

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What this quiz should check

Topic: Photosynthesis and cellular respiration (HS-LS1-5, HS-LS1-7). A good Biology quiz on this asks students to:

• Describe how photosynthesis turns light energy into stored chemical energy in sugar
• Explain how cellular respiration breaks down sugar to release energy the cell can use as ATP
• Name the inputs and outputs of each process and where in the cell each happens
• Explain how the two processes cycle carbon and oxygen through living things

Misconceptions worth a question

• Thinking plants photosynthesize but don't do cellular respiration
• Thinking plants get their mass from the soil
• Confusing breathing with cellular respiration

Teacher tip: Include a tracing question ("follow a carbon atom from the air into a plant and back out") to check the connection, not just memorized equations.

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