Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Autotrophic

An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances

Chloroplasts

Organelle that absorbs sunlight and uses it to drive the synthesis of glucose

Photosynthesis

The process that converts light energy into chemical energy that is stored in glucose

Heterotrophs

An organism that obtains food by eating other organisms or substances derived from them.

Stroma

The fluid of the chloroplast- location of Light Independent/Calvin Cycle

Thylakoids

Location of Light Dependent Reactions

Chlorophyll

Green pigment located in chloroplasts.

Light Dependent Reaction

occur on the thylakoids. convert solar energy to the chemical energy by splitting water while releasing oxygen

Light Independent/Calvin cycle

Second stage of photosynthesis breaking CO2 to produce glucose

ATP

(Adenosine triphosphate molecule) main energy source that cells use for most of their work.

Photosynthesis Equation

6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy --> C6H12O6 + 6O2

reactants of photosynthesis

carbon dioxide, water, and sunlight

reactants of cell respiration

glucose and oxygen

products of photosynthesis

glucose and oxygen

products of cellular respiration

carbon dioxide, water, and ATP

cellular respiration

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Mitochondria

Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy) production

fermentation (anaerobic respiration)

Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen

aerobic respiration

Respiration that requires oxygen

lactic acid fermentation

the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates that produces lactic acid as the main end product

alcoholic fermentation

the anaerobic process by which yeasts and other microorganisms break down sugars to form carbon dioxide and ethanol