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This is the photosynthesis equation. On the left side is the reactants and on the right side are the products. During photosynthesis carbon dioxide and water and converted into glucose and oxygen by light energy.
Study Resources
Study Resource 1
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This video talked about photosynthesis. It explains the reactants and products of photosynthesis and how they are made.
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This website has a video that explains the basis of cellular respiration. It talks about the 3 stages and what they do.
These are the photosynthesis and respiration equations. As you can see they are the same equation but the reactants and products are switched. Photosynthesis takes in carbon dioxide and water and turns it into sugar and oxygen. Cellular respiration does the opposite but with the same things.
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Unit Summary
In this unit we learned about photosynthesis, cellular respiration, and fermentation. Photosynthesis has two stages called the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin cycle. During the light-dependent reaction sunlight is captured and water molecules are split into hydrogen and oxygen and the oxygen is released. Next during the Calvin cycle glucose is made from CO2, NADPH, and ATP. After the Calvin cycle NADPH+ and ATP are then sent back to the light-dependent reactions to be recharged. During Cellular respiration there is three stages; glycolysis, krebs cycle, and electron transport chain. In the first stage glycolysis breaks glucose and three-carbon molecules, ATP, and NADH are produced and sent out. In the second stage the electron and hydrogen is removed from the three-carbon molecules, carbon is released. NADH is sent to the next stage. In the last stage NADH releases the hydrogen and electrons, Oxygen then gathers them and ATP is made. There are two types of fermentation alcohol and lactic acid. Fermentation is glycolysis but with no oxygen present.
What I liked most about this unit was learning about fermentation mostly lactic acid because my brother is always asking me where lactic acid comes from and I can now answer all his questions. What I would like to learn more about is cellular respiration because its very cool that this process happens on our own body.
What I liked most about this unit was learning about fermentation mostly lactic acid because my brother is always asking me where lactic acid comes from and I can now answer all his questions. What I would like to learn more about is cellular respiration because its very cool that this process happens on our own body.