2.Ineachsquare,youwillwriteinthechemicalformulaforoneofthe
moleculesinvolvedintheprocessesofphotosynthesisandcellular
respiration.Usethefollowingterms:
i.
CO2
Carbondioxide
ii.
H2O
Water
iii.
C6H12O6
Glucose(food/carbohydrate/sugar)
iv.
O2
Oxygen
v.
ENERGY
3.Inthespacesprovidedabove,writetheNAMEofthemoleculenexttoits
chemicalsymbolforyourreference.
4.Intheremainingsquaresonyourpaper,writeinsymbolsyouwillneedto
completeyourchemicalreaction.Youwillneed3+symbolsandone
symbol.
Inachemicalreaction,whatdoesthe signify?
Thissymbolsignifiestheoutcome.
PutYourPiecesTogether:PHOTOSYNTHESIS
1.Arrangeyourpiecesintothechemicalequationforphotosynthesis.
Writethisequationbelow:
CO2+H2O+Energy C6H12O6+O2
2.(UsetheNAMESofthemolecules)Accordingtoyourequation,the
processofphotosynthesisuses
Carbondioxide,Water,andEnergy(light)toproduceGlucoseand
Oxygen.
3.Whattypeofenergyisusedinphotosynthesis?
Lightenergy
4.Photosynthesistypicallyoccursinwhattypeoforganism?
Plants
5.WhereareCO2andO2foundinourenvironment?
Intheair
6.Givenwhatyouknowaboutplants,whydoesyourpositionforCO2and
O2intheequationmakesense?
Carbondioxideentersandthenoncephotosynthesisisfinishedoxygenis
letout.
7.Interpretthechemicalreactionwhatistheoverallpurposeof
photosynthesis?
Theoverallpurposeofphotosynthesistomaketheplantstheirownfood
andletoutcleanoxygen.
PutYourPiecesTogetherAGAIN:CELLULARRESPIRATION
1.Fromtheequationforphotosynthesis,rearrangeyourpiecesintothe
chemicalequationforcellularrespiration.Writethisequationbelow:
C6H12O2+O2 CO2+H2O+Energy
2.(UsetheNAMESofthemolecules)Accordingtoyourequation,the
processofcellularrespirationuses
GlucoseandOxygentoproduceCarbonDioxideandreleaseEnergy.
3.Incellularrespiration,chemicalenergyisreleasedfromADPmolecules
andtransferredtoATPmolecules,whichcellscanusetoprovideenergy
forcellularprocesses.
4.Wasitdifficulttoarrangeyourpiecestoproducetheequationforcellular
respiration?Whyorwhynot?
Nobecauseitisjustthesameorderflipped
5.Cellularrespirationoccursinbothplantsandanimals.Givenwhatyou
knowaboutanimals,whydoesyourpositionforCO2andO2
inthe
equationmakesense?
Theyalsotakeinoxygenandletoutcarbondioxide.
6.Interpretthechemicalreactionwhatistheoverallpurposeofcellular
respiration?
Tomakeenergy
7.Whatarethetwomaindifferencesbetweenthechemicalreactionfor
photosynthesisandthechemicalreactionforcellularrespiration?
Theyareflippedresultinginoppositeinputsandoutputs.
ExtensionQuestionsPleaseanswertheseitemsincomplete
Englishsentences.
1.CellularrespirationoccursinBOTHplantsandanimals.Whydoplants
needcellularrespiration?
Plantsneedcellularrespirationbecausetheyneedoxygenandglucosefor
selfmadefoodandrelease.
2.Plantsproducecarbondioxideasaproductofcellularrespiration.But
youknowthatplantsreleaseoxygen,notcarbondioxide.Developalogical
argumentforhowthisispossible.
HINT:Thinkaboutbothchemicalreactionsandthespeedsatwhichthey
couldoccur.
Thechemicalreactionswouldhavetobereversedwhichiswhathappens
withcellularrespirationtophotosynthesis.
3.Plantscanmaketheirownfoodthroughphotosynthesisandthenbreakit
downforusableenergythroughtheprocessofcellularrespiration.Analyze
howyourlifemightbedifferentifyoucouldmakeyourownfoodthrough
photosynthesis.
Ifwecouldmakeourownfoodthroughphotosynthesisthenwewouldnt
gettheenergieswedofromeatingandcellularrespiration.