Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis Coming Up!

Hello Students!  The cell respiration and photosynthesis unit is typically one of the most challenging units and we will be covering it between now and Winter Break.  I highly recommend that you get ahead of the material by reading through the sections: 2.8, 8.2, 2.9, and 8.3.  I also recommend watching videos such as the Crash Course ones I have posted and others like Khan Academy.  The repetition and hearing explanations from different perspectives can really help!  The more you let the material into your brain, the more likely your brain will be to accept it and not fight it.  Start now and revisit the material regularly!  Your brain and your stress level will thank you.  But also remember to get some exercise, listen to good music, eat healthy food, and get some sleep!

Planning Ahead: 3 Weeks Between Thanksgiving and Winter Break

• Mon 11/26:  Video on Cell Respiration (Crash Course).  Notes on Cell Respiration up to the Krebs Cycle.  Read 8.2!
• Wed 11/28:  Check off 2.8 Questions and Go over.  Review Cell Respiration notes and include the Electron Transport Chain.  Introduce the Metabolic Rate Lab and do preliminary trials.
• Fri 11/30:  Take Metabolic Rate Lab data and enter into the class database.  Start processing data and working on lab write up.  Quick intro to Photosynthesis.  Read 2.9!!
• Tues 12/4:  Notes on Photosynthesis, including the basic processes and where they occur.  Read 8.3.
• Thurs 12/6:  Finish notes on Photosynthesis.  Coloring Sheet for Mitochondrion and Chloroplast.  Work time on Metabolic Rate Lab, which is due before Winter Break through turnitin.com
• Mon 12/10:  Overview of Cell Respiration and Photosynthesis.  Kahoot review.  Multiple Choice part of the test will be on Wednesday, 12/13.
• Wed 12/12:  Multiple Choice part of Cell Resp/Photosynthesis test.  
• Fri 12/14:  Short answer part of Cell Resp/Photosynthesis Test.  Metabolic Rate Lab due through turnitin.com by Wednesday, 12/19 at 3:00 pm.  Pick up Mitosis Worksheet.  It will be due Monday 1/7 by the end of the period, so you don't have to do it over break, but if you want to get started on it, that is fine.

2.8 Questions. Do these after the test on Thursday, 11/15.

Please do these questions in your notebook after the Biochemistry Test.  Complete it as homework for Monday 11/26!

1. Define cell respiration.
2. What is ATP and what is its advantage for cells?  What is it used for in the cell?
3. Why do cells need a continual supply of ATP?
4. What is anaerobic respiration?  Where/when does it occur?
5. List the 2 summary equations for anaerobic respiration (animals, and yeast and plants).
6. Discuss bread making and bioethanol as examples of anaerobic respiration.
7. Do the data-based questions on p. 125.
8. Discuss anaerobic respiration in humans.
9. Write the equation for aerobic respiration and state its differences from anaerobic respiration (at least 3).