today in science we did a lot of things starting off with learning about the difference between a reactant and a product and we found out that a reactant is the begging of the process or the starting point and a product is the ending point of the process. but that is not all we did we also had a few minutes to fill out this paper about the different qualities of photosynthesise and cellar respiration. And i found out that photosynthesise changes sunlight into chemical energy and the cellar respiration uses oxygen to release energy. But they have some things in common like they are both processes in different living things. So after that the period was pretty much over.
If you are curious about the exact definition of cellar respiration read below
Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolic reactions and processes that take place in organisms' cells to convert biochemical energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and then release waste products. The reactions involved in respiration are catabolic reactions that involve the oxidation of one molecule and the reduction of another.
Nutrients commonly used by animal and plant cells in respiration include glucose, amino acids and fatty acids, and a common oxidizing agent (electron acceptor) is molecular oxygen (O2). Bacteria and archaea can also be lithotrophs and these organisms may respire using a broad range of inorganic molecules as electron donors and acceptors, such as sulfur, metal ions, methane or hydrogen. Organisms that use oxygen as a final electron acceptor in respiration are described as aerobic, while those that do not are referred to as anaerobic.
The energy released in respiration is used to synthesize ATP to store this energy. The energy stored in ATP can then be used to drive processes requiring energy, including biosynthesis, locomotion or transportation of molecules across cell membranes. Because of its ubiquity in nature, ATP is also known as the "universal energy currency".
also i think this was for extra credit C6H12O6 (aq) + 6O2 (g) → 6CO2 (g) + 6H2O (l) Cellar
respiration
and for photosynthesis 6 CO2(g) + 6 H2O(l) + photons → C6H12O6(aq) + 6 O2(g)carbon dioxide + water + light energy → glucose + oxygen + water
i got all of this information on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis - 142k
Monday, December 22, 2008
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Some of your formulas aren't correct. Be careful and please double check.
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