Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis

Plants use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water

Chlorophyll

The green pigmentation in plants

Glucose

A simple sugar in living organisms that severs as primary energy source

Cellular Respiration

When cells break down glucose into ATP

Mitochondria

The powerhouse of the cell

ATP

Main energy in cells

Aerobic

Requiring oxygen

Anaerobic

Not requiring oxygen

Cholorplast

Organelles responsible for photosynthesis

Carbon Dioxide

Gas is the product of cellular respiration

Oxygen

Needed gas for respiration

Light Reactions

Light energy splits water / 1st stage

Calvin Cycle

Converts carbon dioxide into glucose / 2nd stage

Fermentation

Converts sugar to acid, gases, or alcohol without oxygen

Stomata

Pores on the plants surfaces