Ch.5 Cellular Respiration (part 2)

Question 1

(Critical Thinking) What combination of environmental factors affects the rate of photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Light intensity, a certain concentration of CO2, and a certain range of temperatures.

Question 2

(Critical Thinking) - Excess glucose in your blood is stored in your liver as glycogen. How might your body sense when to convert glucose to glycogen and glycogen back into glucose?

Answer 2

After a meal, glucose enters the liver, increasing the levels of blood glucose. The excess glucose is dealt with, in which the liver converts glucose into glycogen for storage (in order to produce energy).

Question 3

What is aerobic respiration and what is anaerobic respiration? How much ATP can each produce?

Answer 3

Aerobic - process that requires oxygen ( 2 ATP)
Anaerobic - process that does not need oxygen ( 4-38 ATP)

Question 4

Explain how photosynthesis and cellular respiration are interdependent and form a cycle of matter and energy in the biosphere.

Answer 4

Photosynthesis makes glucose which is used in cellular respiration for making ATP. They both depend on each other’s products in order to function.