All living organisms require energy in order to perform the principal functions and activities that are necessary for life. Cells obtain this energy through the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. In photosynthesis‚ organisms harness light energy obtained from the sun to produce organic compounds. On the other hand‚ cellular respiration breaks down the organic compounds produced from photosynthesis to harvest the energy needed to carry out the energy-consuming activities of the cell
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between the processes of aerobic respiration and photosynthesis. To start‚ aerobic respiration can be defined as a biochemical pathway through which chemical bond energy is released from food and changed into ATP. On the other hand‚ photosynthesis is manufacturing of carbohydrates out of CO2 and the splitting of water in the presence of light. Photosynthesis and aer. respiration can be the same in many ways. For instance‚ both of them contain cycles. In photosynthesis‚ there is the Calvin cycle‚ and
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o How hungry are you‚ typically‚ for meals or snacks? When I get hungry it is usually for a meal I only eat snacks when I am not able to get a meal right away so I just choose a snack. I usually want quick meals when I am hungry but fulfilling meals. o How often do you eat for reasons other than hunger? I rarely eat for reasons other than hunger because majority of the time when I start thinking of food I will start to get hungry. So‚ the habits of eating for other reasons like boredom does
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Lauren McFall Mr. Gossett English 10H-4 March 17‚ 2008 You are What You Eat Throughout the past twenty years‚ obesity in the United States has drastically increased. Currently‚ one-hundred and seventeen billion people in the United States are obese. Out of those people‚ three-hundred thousand people die each year because of complications due to being over-weight. One out of every four children in the average school in the United States is over-weight. In an effort to combat this growing
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one or both of two very important processes; cellular respiration and photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is performed by plant organisms and some bacteria‚ and cellular respiration is performed by all living organisms. These two processes are reliant on each other. Photosynthesis creates oxygen‚ which is used in cellular respiration. Cellular respiration in turn creates carbon dioxide‚ which is an important “ingredient” in the process of photosynthesis. Let’s take a closer look at what makes these processes
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Photosynthesis and respiration are both processes that are necessary for the survival of organisms. However‚ in numerous ways these two processes are very diverse as they are responsible for distinct necessities. Therefore they both have similarities and differences. One major difference between the two is that photosynthesis takes place completely in plants while respiration occurs equally in plants and animals. Nevertheless to understand Photosynthesis and respiration‚ we need to understand what
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depend on photosynthesis‚ in which light energy is used to make sugar and other food molecules from carbon dioxide and water. For example‚ plants and other photo-synthesizers need only energy from sunlight‚ carbon dioxide from air‚ and water from the soil to make the sugar glucose. Photosynthesis is the most important chemical process on earth because it provides food for virtually all organisms‚ not only for photo-synthesizers but for the organisms that eat them. Plants can capture the energy of the
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If you are not a microbe‚ a human‚ or an animal‚ then you are most likely plant. Plants and trees cover about thirty percent of the planet’s surface‚ as stated in NASA’s Earth Observatory division. They use a process called photosynthesis‚ which allows plants to take energy from the Sun and later using it as food‚ as well as producing oxygen through the process of respiration. So how does it happen? The process of photosynthesis occurs as follows. First‚ the plant uses the sunlight and the green
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ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate) * 1st Law of Thermodynamics- Energy not created or destroyed 1. The sum of energy in universe- constant * 2nd Law of Thermodynamics- energy transfer results in increase entropy (less organization!!) * Adenosine is bonded to 3 phosphates 2. When cell needs energy… it splits off that 3rd P 3. Energy is released‚ ADP + P is formed‚ cell uses that energy for whatever it needs 4. Destination of the broken Phosphate??- Used as part of an endergonic
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