Thursday, October 6, 2016

Cellular Respiration: What Food is For

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Answer the following questions:



1. What are the 3 types of organisms that make their own food?



2. What are photoautotrophs?



3. What are chemoautotrophs?



4. Which organ requires the most energy to function?



5. What is the "big picture" in cellular respiration?



6. In the analogy provided in the video, what does the paycheck, bank, and money represent?



7. When your body converts food into chemical energy, most of the energy is lost as _______?



8. What is the first process of cellular respiration? Location? Starting? Products?



9. What is the structure of the mitochondria? (Provide an image)



10. Where does the TCA cycle (Krebs Cycle) occur in the mitochondria?



11. What must happen to pyruvate before it enters the TCA cycle?



12. As the TCA cycle progresses, bonds are broken to relase carbon.  What does carbon bind with and what molecule is generated?



13. What are the electron carriers in the TCA cycle?



14. Where does the ETC occur?



15. The energy lost from electrons as it move along the ETC is used to perfrom what process?



16. What is the final electron acceptor at the end of the ETC?



17. Which process is more efficient at making ATP?



18. What are the reactants of cellular respiration?



19. What are the products of cellular respiration?



20.  How does the structure of the mitochondria relate to its function?

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

DNA Structure


Answer the following questions which accompanies the video:

VIDEO #1
Youtube Video:
DNA Structure and Function 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_POdWsii7AI)

by: Amoeba Sisters

1. Each cell is your body has the same ___________.
2. Which gene is turned off in your skin cells but turned on in your stomach cells?
3. What is gene regulation?
4. DNA belongs to which biological molecule?
5. What is the monomer of a nucleic acid, DNA?
6. DNA stands for....
7. Which part of the nucleotide encodes for character traits?
8 What are the 4 nitrogenous bases?
9. Describe how the 4 nitrogenous bases complimentary base pair?
10. Which parts of the nucleotide makes up the backbone of DNA?
11. DNA has the shape of ____________.
12. Which part of the nucleotides is at the center of the DNA molecule?
13. What determines if a gene is turned on or off?

Nucleic Acids_DNA vs. RNA

II. Compare and contrast DNA and RNA using a T-chart after watching the video below

Video: From youtube by amoeba sisters


Video title: Why RNA is just as cool as DNA

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Calvin Cycle Video

Video #1: Calvin cycle

Answer the following questions about this youtube video here.
"Nature's smallest factory: The Calvin cycle - Cathy Symington" by TED-Ed



10. For the Calvin cycle, what is the name of the 5 carbon  unstable molecule?

11. What is the name of the enzyme required to add carbon from CO2 to the 5 carbon unstable molecule?

12. what is the name of the (2) 3-carbon molecules?

13. For the Light Independent reaction, answer the following:
a. Location in chloroplast?
b. Starting material?
c. Products?
d. Destination of products?

Monday, October 3, 2016

Photosynthesis Video

Video #1: Photosynthesis

Answer the following questions about this youtube video (here)
“ Photosynthesis and the Teeny Tiny Pigment Pancakes” by the Ameoba Sisters

1. Which biological molecule do plants and animals need?

2. What is the process by which plants take sunlight and make glucose?

3. What is the chemical equation describing photosynthesis?

4. What are the reactants of photosynthesis? Products?

5. What is the pigment of plants that captures sunlight?

6. Where is chlorophyll found in plants?

7. In the light dependent reaction, sunlight is converted into what type of energy?

8.  What are the 3 process/reactions of photosynthesis?

9. For the light dependent reaction, answer the following:
a. Location in chloroplast?
b. Starting Material?
c. Products?
d. Destination of products?

10. For Hydrolysis, answer the following:
a. Location in chloroplast?
b. Starting material?
c. Products?
d. Desintation of products?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Amoeba sisters - Cellular Transport Video

Please answer the questions for the following video:


Video can be found on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZ8MtF3C6M

Title:

Osmosis: A Solute and Solvent Love Story

By:
Amoeba Sisters


Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Cellular Organelles- Amoeba Sisters Video

Watch the video on Cellular Organelles and answer the questions here

video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruBAHiij4EA&feature=youtu.be
"Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes" by Amoeba Sisters on Youtube