Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration Scavenger Hunt

Name: ______Date: ______Period: ____

Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposite chemical reactions. Investigate several website to learn more about each process.

Website #1- Estrella Mountain Community College, “Photosynthesis”

Go to: https://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html

1.  What is photosynthesis?

2.  What is cellular respiration?

3.  Write the equation that represents photosynthesis.

4.  What is a stomata?

a.  Why is it important to photosynthesis?

Website #2- PBS- Nova, “Illuminating Photosynthesis”

Go to: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/phot_flash.html

Launch the “Printable Version”.

1.  What energy transformation occurs in photosynthesis?

2.  What do plants generate to help animals survive? ______

3.  What gas does the girl exhale that the plant needs? ______

Website #3- Pearson Biology-Biology Coach Activity, “Photosynthesis”

Go to: http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/biocoach/photosynth/chloroplast.html

Click through Concepts 6-8 to answer the following questions.

1.  What organelle is the site of photosynthesis? ______

2.  What is the most important light absorbing pigment? ______

3.  What 2 reactions take place for photosynthesis to occur? ______

Cellular Respiration

Website #4- Wyzant Tutoring, “Cellular Respiration”

Go to: https://www.wyzant.com/resources/lessons/science/biology/cellular-respiration

1.  What are the two types of cellular respiration? ______& ______

2.  What happens during glycolysis?

3.  Where in the cell does glycolysis take place? ______

4.  What can pyruvate be fermented into?

Website #5- Georgia State University- HyperPhysics, “Cellular Respiration”

Go to: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Biology/celres.html

v  Using the interactive graphic from the website (see above picture), click on the different circles to answer the following questions.

·  CLICK on glucose

1.  What is the formula for glucose? ______

·  CLICK on glycolysis

2.  How many ATP’s are produced from glycolysis? ______

3.  Besides ATP, what other molecule is produced from glycolysis? ______

·  CLICK on TCA Cycle

4.  What is another name for the TCA cycle? ______

5.  Where does the TCA cycle take place in the cell? ______

Website #6- Molecular & Cellular Biology Learning Center- Virtual Cell Animation Collection, “Electron Transport Chain:First Look”

Go to: http://vcell.ndsu.nodak.edu/animations/etc/first.htm

1.  Where is the ETC located in the cell? ______

2.  What is the electron donor for the ETC? ______

3.  What molecule is released after protons are pumped across the membrane? ______

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