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ConstructYourPuzzlePieces

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.

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