Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts

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?

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?

Friday, March 11, 2016

Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiration

1. Please read the article here and summarize into diagrams/charts/short statements.


2. Watch the youtube video,
Title:    "Cellular Respiration and the Mighty Mitochondria" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eo7JtRA7lg)


By:  Amoeba Sisters


AND complete the activity here.





Thursday, March 10, 2016

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Cellular Respiration Video

Please watch the following video and answer the video questions to review cellular respiration.


Youtube: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Eo7JtRA7lg)
Title: "Cellular Respiration and the Mighty Mitochondria"
By: Amoeba Sisters


Video Questions here







Monday, September 28, 2015

Photosynthesis Video Questions





Answer the following questions about this video:

1.     What is the chemical reaction describing
photosynthesis?


2.       What are the 3 processes of photosynthesis?


3.    Where does the Light dependent reaction occur in
the chloroplasts?


4.      For the light dependent reaction, answer the following:

a.       Location?


b.      Starting Material?


c.       Product?


d.      Destination of product?
 


5.     For the light independent reaction, answer the
following:

a.      Location?


b.   Starting Material?


c.      Product?


d.     Destination of Product?


6.       What is hydrolysis?

a.       Location?


b.      Starting Material?


c.       Products?


d.      Destination of Products?

Friday, September 25, 2015

Photosynthesis

Video #1: Photosynthesis

Answer the following questions about this youtube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uixA8ZXx0KU
“ 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?



Video #2: Calvin cycle


Answer the following questions about this youtube video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UzMaoaXKaM&list=PLBKrDRnQrzLfehGqhYohSaLWgzQjW7mYQ
"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?