Introduction to Chemistry 3 - Assessment Bank

1. Do scientists classify vitamins and minerals as food?

☐ Yes
☐ No
Explain why they are or are not food.

2. Where does the light and thermal energy given off when burns food come from?
a. Light and thermal energy given off from burning food comes from the lighter used to light the
food.
b. Light and thermal energy given off from burning food is converted from the chemical energy
stored in the food.
c. Light and thermal energy given off from burning food comes from oxygen.
d. Light and thermal energy given off from burning is created when food burns.

3. Why do two grams of fat provide a different amount of energy than two grams of carbohydrate?

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4. What is the same about carbohydrates, proteins, and fats? (Use the model below)
a. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats all have carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
b. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are all made of the same number and types of atoms.
c. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats all have the same arrangement and types of atoms.
d. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats can all form long chains of molecules.

Fat, Protein, and Carbohydrate Molecules

5. What is true about the breakdown of starch?

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 a. Animals, but not plants, can break down starch.
b. Organisms break down starch into carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
c. Organisms break down starch into carbohydrate subunits.
d. Starch breakdown is not a chemical reaction.

6. When do humans store fat molecules in their bodies?

a. Humans store fat molecules every time they eat anything that contains calories.
b. Humans store fat molecules when they eat food with a lot of fat.
c. Humans store fat molecules when they eat junk food.
d. Humans store fat molecules when they eat more calories than they need.

7. How do children use food molecules to grow taller?

a. Children grow taller when they use food molecules they eat to build large molecules that make
up new cells.
b. Children grow taller when they use the food molecules they eat to make up new cells without
changing the food molecules.
c. Children grow taller when they use the energy from the food molecules, but all of the molecules
leave the body as waste.
d. Children grow taller when they store food molecules as fat.

8. Explain why your body is always using energy, but you do not need to be eating all the time.

9. What is true about photosynthesis?

a. During photosynthesis, plants convert thermal energy into chemical energy and store the energy
in food molecules.

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 b. During photosynthesis, plants use carbon dioxide and water in a chemical reaction to make
glucose and oxygen.
c. Photosynthesis is a chemical reaction used by plants and animals to make food molecules.
d. Photosynthesis is the chemical reaction that plants use to get the energy to do things.

10 What is true about why plants usually grow in soil?

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a. Plants use their roots to take in food from the soil.

b. Plants use their roots to take in non-food nutrients and water from the soil.
c. Plants use their roots to take in oxygen from the soil.
d. Plants use their roots to take in carbon dioxide from the soil.

11 What do plants do with light energy during photosynthesis?

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Tran investigated the question “How does red light affect plant growth?”
 He grew one plant in white light. He grew one plant in red light.
 He kept everything else the same between the two plants (such as the amount of water and
temperature).

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  The plant in white light grew 3 cm in 2 weeks. The plant in red light died.
Tran made the claim that plants do not grow in red light.

12 Can Tran’s experiment support his claim?

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☐ Yes
☐ No
Explain why his experiment can or cannot support his claim.

13. You may never have thought about photosynthesis is important to you, but it is! Explain why
photosynthesis is important to your health and growth.

14. Isabella was asked to explain: Where do organisms get their energy? Here is her explanation:

All organisms get their energy from the sun. Plants use energy from the sun to make their own
food. Humans get energy from food, either from eating plants or from eating animals that eat
plants. Other animals get their energy from food, whether they eat plants or animals. So it is the
sun that starts the cycle of energy and matter that flows through all organisms.

Are there ways that you would improve this explanation, or do you think Isabella’s explanation
is already convincing?

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15. Deforestation is the destruction of forests that clears huge areas of land in
rainforests around the world. Land is cleared to make room for farms, ranches, towns,
roads, and mining. Trees are used for lumber to build houses and furniture. As you
consider the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of energy, explain why deforestation
can affect the lives of all organisms on Earth.

16. Dave developed a model to explain the relationship between digesting food and getting
energy for the body. He used blocks to represent the process. The different colored blocks
represent molecules that are present in food.

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How could Dave improve his model?

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17. What is the connection between oxygen and food?

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18. Whitney went out for a run. After 20 minutes of running, she was hot and sweaty. What is
the best biological explanation for this?

a. She was running harder than she usually does, so she worked up a sweat.
b. Her body needed to burn food more quickly to get energy to run hard.
c. Her body needed to use more heat energy to run hard.
d. Her heart had to pump faster to run hard, which caused her body temperature to rise.

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