Biology – Chapters 8 and 9: Respiration and Photosynthesis
By the end of the chapter, students should be able to complete the numbered “Learning Objectives”.
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1. Demonstrate an ability to meet deadlines by turning in assignments on time.
2. Demonstrate an ability to use appropriate grammar and spelling and to make corrections as necessary.
Essential Question A. What is the function of cell respiration in cells and organisms?
3. Explain that the gradual combustion of carbon-containing compounds within cells, called cellular respiration,
provides the primary energy source of living organisms
4. Write in symbols and in words the chemical equation for cellular respiration and explain what this equation
means
5. Explain the role of mitochondria in cellular respiration
6. Explain the difference between aerobic and anaerobic cellular respiration
Essential Question B. What is the function of photosynthesis in cells and organisms?
7. Explain that photosynthesis is the process that plant cells use to combine the energy of sunlight with
molecules of carbon dioxide and water to produce energy-rich compounds that contain carbon (food) and
release oxygen.
8. Explain the role of chloroplasts in photosynthesis
9. Explain how plant cells use photosynthesis to produce their own food.
10. Explain the importance of photosynthesis for both plants and animals, including humans.
11. Write in symbols and in words the chemical equation for photosynthesis and explain what this equation
means
12. Explain how plants gain most of their mass through the process of photosynthesis.
Essential Question C. How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis related?
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Explain how energy is converted from one form into others during cellular respiration and photosynthesis
Explain that carbon-containing compounds are the building blocks of life.
Explain how plants use BOTH photosynthesis and respiration
Compare and contrast the overall processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
Explain ATP/ADP and the role they play in cells completing cellular respiration and/or photosynthesis.
Essential Question D. What is fossil fuel combustion, and what are the connections
between it, cellular respiration, photosynthesis, and global climate change?
18. Explain that the combustion of carbon by burning of fossil fuels provides the primary energy source for most
of modern society.
19. Explain how the process of cellular respiration is similar to the burning of fossil fuels
20. Explain how global atmospheric carbon dioxide levels relate to cellular respiration, the combustion of fossil
fuels, and photosynthesis.