Photosynthesis: Radiant Energy ---> Chemical Energy
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This chapter focuses on Photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is, perhaps, the single-most important chemical process on Earth. Without the process of photosynthesis there would be no atmospheric oxygen for us to breath. There would be no way of harnessing radiant energy from the sun in the chemical bonds of food molecules. Life "runs" on chemical energy. The process of photosynthesis is what provides most life on Earth with the chemical energy it needs to exist. This chapter looks at how life uses energy, where that energy comes from (the sun), how that energy is converted to a usable form (chemical energy) and the organelle (chloroplasts) that carries out this process (photosynthesis).
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Section One
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Section Two
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Section Three
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What Goes IN? (Reactants) What comes out? (Products)
When thinking about Photosynthesis, remember to alway consider "What are you starting with?" and "What are you ending up with?" What goes into photosynthesis, what comes out? What goes into the light dependent reactions, what comes out? What goes into the light independent reactions (Calvin Cycle), what comes out?
Assignments:
Chapter Review Questions: All Multiple Choice Questions. Plus - 5,7, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33
Test Preparation:
**Keep in mind: Light Independent Reactions and Calvin Cycle are the SAME thing.
Multiple Choice (14) - Focus on Vocabulary, Key Questions, "What goes in, What comes out" of portions of Photosynthesis
Science Skills (3) -
An experiment dealing with photosynthesis is described and illustrated. Results are shown in a graph.
There are 3 questions asking about things such as:
Short Answer/Essay(5) -
Multiple Choice (14) - Focus on Vocabulary, Key Questions, "What goes in, What comes out" of portions of Photosynthesis
- Section One = 4 Questions
- Section Two = 6 Questions
- Section Three = 4 Questions
Science Skills (3) -
An experiment dealing with photosynthesis is described and illustrated. Results are shown in a graph.
There are 3 questions asking about things such as:
- Experimental Design
- "What goes in, what comes out" during photosynthesis
Short Answer/Essay(5) -
- Understand the role of ATP (ADP) as a "rechargeable" energy carrying molecule
- Relationship between light dependent/light independent reactions
- Understand the role of ATP and Glucose and how they are different in terms of energy storage
- Pigments/absorption/reflection of energy/wave lengths
- Radiant Energy --> Autotrophs (Producers) ---> Chemical Energy ---> Heterotrophs (Consumers)