How is energy being obtained by the organisms in this picture?

Autotrophs & Heterotrophs(Review)

Plants are able to use light energy from the sun to produce food. - Autotrophs

Organisms that obtain energy from the foods they eat . - Heterotrophs

Organisms use and store energy in the chemical bonds of organic compounds.

Remember that the energy stored in ATP is released when ATP is converted into ADP.

Photosynthesis

The process by which plants, algae, & some bacteria use sunlight,

carbon dioxide and water to produce carbohydrates and oxygen.

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight & Chlorophyll = Glucose & Oxygen

6CO2 + 6H2O + Sunlight & Chlorophyll = C6H12O6 + 6O2

Reactants of Photosynthesis

Carbon Dioxide - Comes from all the animals including us (it's what we exhale).

Water - Interacts with the other ingredients to mix and make glucose.

Sunlight – trapped in the chloroplasts by chlorophyll. Uses the energy to break apart the parts of a cell they need to work with. Without sunlight, the plants would not give off oxygen.

Products of Photosynthesis

Glucose - The food that plants made from photosynthesis. It is used as their food source to make energy.

Oxygen - What we use to make our own energy - which in turn helps plants to also make their energy in a cycle.

Chlorophyll – A green pigment in chloroplasts that absorbs light energy to start photosynthesis.

Disc-like sacs called “thylakoids” contain the chlorophyll that absorbs light energy to start photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis can be broken down into 2 stages:

1. Light-Dependent Reactions –within the thylakoid membranes

2. Calvin Cycle (“Light-Independent Reactions) – Takes place in the space outside the thylakoid membranes called the “stroma.”

Light-Dependent Reactions

Use energy from sunlight plus water to produce ATP, NADPH, and Oxygen.

Takes place in the thylakoid membranes of chloroplasts.

ATP and NADPH are energy carriers.

ATP & NADPH

Are not stable enough to store energy for more than just a few minutes.

So…

Calvin Cycle

Plants use the ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent reactions to produce high-energy sugars.

These reactions do not require light.

6 carbon dioxide molecules from the atmosphere are needed to produce a single 6-carbon sugar.

The Calvin Cycle takes place in the stroma of the chloroplast (outside the thylakoid membrane).

Why do plants do this??? Plants use the sugars for

energy to build more complex carbohydrates such as starches and cellulose. It needs these for growth and development!

Summary of Photosynthesis

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Cellular Respiration Energy in food is stored as carbohydrates,

proteins & fats. Before you can use that energy, it must be released and transferred to ATP.

Cellular respiration is the process that releases energy by breaking down food molecules in the presence of oxygen.

Oxygen + Glucose CO2 + H2O + Energy

3 Steps of Cellular Respiration

If cellular respiration took place in just one step, all energy would be released at once and our cells need to control this.

1. Glycolysis – The process in which one molecule of glucose is broken in half, producing 2 molecules of pyruvic acid (a 3 carbon compound)

GlucoseC6

Pyruvate PyruvateC3 C3

2 ATPNADH

Glycolysis…

Takes place in the cytoplasm Net gain of 2 ATP Takes place without oxygen (anaerobic) NADH is formed (electron carrier)

Two Things Can Happen:

1. Anaerobic Respiration - If no oxygen is present, pyruvate goes through a process called “fermentation.”

2. Aerobic Respiration – If oxygen is present, pyruvate enters the mitochondria and enters the “Kreb’s Cycle.”

Fermentation – Recycles the NAD+ that is needed to make ATP in the absence of oxygen.

~ Takes place in the cytoplasm

Pyruvate

Alcohol Lactic Acid(plants) (animals)

2 ATPCO2

Lactic acid is produced in your muscles during rapid exercise when the body cannot supply enough oxygen to the tissues.

The buildup of lactic acid causes a painfull burning sensation.

2. Krebs Cycle – A stage of aerobic (requires oxygen) respiration in which pyruvate is converted into CO2, water and ATP.

~ Takes place in the mitochondria

The Kreb’s Cycle is a continuous cycle of electrons transferred to energy carriers.

Citric acid is broken down, CO2 is released (you exhale it out), and ATP is released to be used in cellular activities.

What happens to all of the high energy electrons???

3. Electron Transport Chain – Takes place along the inner membrane of the mitochondria.

A protein in the membrane called ATP synthase. These enzymes convert ADP to ATP.

34 ATP are produced (Lots of energy!)

The Totals

In the absence of oxygen, glycolysis produces just 2 ATP molecules per glucose.

In the presence of oxygen, everything changes.

The Kreb’s Cycle & electron transport chain allow the cell to produce 34 more ATP molecules.

36 total ATP!

18 times as much can be generated from glucose in the presence of oxygen.

The final waste products are water and carbon dioxide.

38% of the energy in glucose is used to make ATP. 62% is released as heat. (This is why you become warm when you exercise).

Comparing Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis Cellular Respiration

Function

Location

Reactants

Products

Equation

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration are almost opposite processes.

Photosynthesis “stores” energy Cellular Respiration “releases” energy What do you notice about the equations????