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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