Monday, November 14, 2011

Objective: Create a chart comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between photosynthesis and cell respiration.

Similarities between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
  • electron transport chain is used for transferring electrons and other stuff between reactions
  • ATP is used in both systems
  • chemiosmosis allows ATP synthesis to make more ATP molecules
Differences  between Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
  • Photosynthesis uses Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen to create Glucose and Oxygen
  • Cellular Respiration uses Oxygen and Glycogen to create Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen
  • NADPH is needed in photosynthesis
  • Formula for photosynthesis = C6O2------>C6H12O6+6O2
  • Formula for Cellular Respiration = 6O2 +C6H12O6 ------> 6CO2 +6H2O

Objective: Explain the difference between C3,C4, and CAM plants in terms of their photosynthesis.

C3 Plants:
  • normal plants the doesn't have to face harsh environment
  • only opens their stomata during the day time
  • regulates the Light reaction and Calvin Cycle normally
C4 Plants:
  •  has 2 different cells that C3 plants and CAM doesn't have: Mesophyll Cells and bundle sheath  cells
  • the plant uses C4 carbon fixation in which carbon is attached to the phophoenolpyruvic  in the Mesophyll Cell ceating a four carbon compound
  • then in the bundle sheath the four carbons is then decomposed into carbon and pyruvate and to be used for the C3 pathway
  • the carbon in the C3 pathway is turned into glucose and the pyruvate is sent back into the Mesophyll cell
  • afterward the pyruvate is turned back into a phophoenolpyruvate  with the help of the ATP.
CAM Plants:
  • They only have one cell
  • their stomata is only open during the night, closed during the day (opposite of the C3 plants)
  • Carbon inhaled by the plant and oxygen is exhailed
  • they usually have the characteristics of small and has small or thin leaves to store water, these plants are most likely found in the destert and any other harsh biomes.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Biochemistry Wordle

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  Elements are important to biochemistry because almost everything in biochemistry is composed of elements. Compounds are the mixture of either elements or chemicals that help cause chemical reactions or helps an organism defend against it's preys. The hydrogen bond is important to biochemistry because it creates a surface tension in the water. Polar Molecules are important because it helps create surface tensions for water, which is the force needed to break the surface of the water, from hydrogen bonds, creates reactions and helps create  bonds. Adhesion is important because it is the force of water being traveled in the stem or trunk of a plant by countering the downward pull of gravity. Cohesion on the other hand with the help of the hydrogen bonding helps transport water within the plant and counter against gravity. Heat and temperature is needed in biochemistry in order to cause reactions and speed up reactions. Buffer is the neutral state between acidic and bases, it is helpful in biochemistry in order to reduce acidic and base solutions. Organic Chemistry is important because it is the study of the organic compound, Carbon, which is found in all living things, and molecule structures. Functional groups are one of the most common chemical reactions. Polymer is made of more then two monomers, which is the basic building blocks in  creating molecules. Carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and Nucleic Acid are the different types of macromolecules. The peptide  bond is found in the sequence used to create amino acids.

Macromolecule Structure

Assignments: Go through all of the basic shapes and write a blog on five things you learned about macromolecule structures.
1) There are four different kinds of  macromolecules; Carbohydrate, Lipid, Protein, and Nucleic Acid.
2) Monomers are the building blocks for molecules, many monomers make up a polymer.
3) Carbohydrate s are involved in energy storage, production, structure, and signaling.
4) Monosaccharides is composed of only one monomer, they link together to form disaccharides also know as the largest carbonhydrate, polysaccharides.
5) Glucose is the most common monosaccharides.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Ecology Vocab Words

Wordle: Ecology Vocabalary Terms


Imprinting is important because the animal learn this behavior from its' mother or any other species around them in order for survival. Ecology is the most important because this whole word list's topic is Ecology. Abiotic is important because it makes up all of the non-living factors in the ecosystem. Biotic is important because it makes up all of the living things in the ecosystem. Evolutionary Time is the time it took for the animals to change and adapt to their new environment. Population is inportant because it makes up a whole group of the same species. Community is important because it makes up all of the living organism living at a certain area. Ecosystem is the most important of them all because it is all the abiotic and biotic organisms in a biome. Biosphere included all of the biomes and ecosystems together. Climate is important abiotic factor that affect the organisms the most in ecology. Wet Land is a small ecosystem that houses many organism which is a smaller example of a biome. Behavior Ecoloy is part of the study of Ecology, in which is the study of animal behaviors of how they mate, communicate, and react to other species and to it's environment. Associative Learning is important in ecology because it is the behavior of the organism learned from interacting with other species. Taxis is important because it is one of the animals natural behavior when exposed to the abiotic factors around them. Kinisis is the other part of an animal that is forced to cope with the abiotic factors. Key stone Species are extremely important to the study of ecology because with out them, then the whole biome or even the ecosystem might collapse upon itself. Commensalism is important to ecology because it is another animal behavior in which one species benefit while the other is neither harmed or benefited. Parasite is important to ecology because it is one of the animal behaviors in which the host is living inside or outside of the victim and the victim is neither harmed or benefited