SECTION CHEMICAL ENERGY AND ATP
4.1 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY chemosynthesis
All cells need chemical energy. ATP ADP
MAIN IDEA: The chemical energy used for most cell processes is carried by ATP.
1. What do all cells use for energy?
2. What is ATP?
3. What is the relationship between ATP and ADP? CHAPTER 4
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Fill in the four parts of the cycle diagram below to take notes on the relationship between
ATP and ADP.
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MAIN IDEA: Organisms break down carbon-based molecules to produce ATP.
Use the table below to organize your notes about the different types of molecules that are
broken down to make ATP.
Type of Molecule Role in ATP Production
Carbohydrates 4.
Lipids 5.
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MAIN IDEA: A few types of organisms do not need sunlight and photosynthesis as
a source of energy.
7. What is chemosynthesis?
Vocabulary Check
8. The prefix tri- means “three,” and the prefix di- means “two.” How do these prefixes tell
you the difference between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and adenosine diphosphate
(ADP)?
9. The prefix chemo- means “chemical,” and synthesis comes from a Greek word that
means “to put together.” How do these meanings tell you what chemosynthesis does?
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4.1 Power Notes
1.
Adenosine
triphosphate
Phosphate Phosphate
added. removed.
Energy 3. Energy CHAPTER 4
4. Cells and Energy
Adenosine 2.
diphosphate
Molecule Type Energy Details
5. Carbohydrate
6. Lipid
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SECTION CHEMICAL ENERGY AND ATP
4.1 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT All cells need chemical energy.
All cells need chemical energy for their functions. The energy that your cells need
comes indirectly from the food you eat. The chemical energy used by all cells is carried
by a molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP. ATP is a molecule that transfers
energy from the breakdown of molecules in food to cell processes.
A molecule of ATP has three phosphate groups. The energy carried by ATP is released
when the third phosphate group is removed from the molecule by a chemical reaction.
When the phosphate group is removed and energy is released, ATP is converted into a
molecule called adenosine diphosphate, or ADP. ADP is a lower-energy molecule that
can be changed back into ATP by the addition of another phosphate group.
Different types of carbon-based molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins) can be
broken down to produce ATP. The breakdown of the different molecules produces
different amounts of ATP. Carbohydrates, especially the simple sugar glucose, are
most commonly broken down to make ATP. The breakdown of a lipid produces many
more ATP molecules than does the breakdown of a sugar. Proteins are the molecules
least likely to be broken down, but they store about the same amount of energy as
carbohydrates.
Many organisms must eat other organisms to get the carbon-based molecules they need
to make ATP. Some organisms, such as plants, use a process called photosynthesis to
make their own food molecules. Other organisms that survive without light can make
their own food molecules through a process called chemosynthesis.
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Cells and Energy1. What is the function of ATP?
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3. Which types of carbon-based molecules can be broken down to make ATP?
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SECTION OVERVIEW OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4.2 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY light-dependent reactions
photosynthesis light-independent reactions
The overall process of photosynthesis chlorophyll
produces sugars that store chemical thylakoid
energy.
MAIN IDEA: Photosynthetic organisms are producers.
1. Why are some organisms called producers?
2. What is the function of photosynthesis? CHAPTER 4
Cells and Energy
3. What is chlorophyll?
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4. What are chloroplasts?
5. In which two parts of a chloroplast does photosynthesis take place?
6. What are thylakoids?
7. Write the chemical equation for the overall process of photosynthesis. Then explain
what the equation means and identify the reactants, products, and the meaning of the
several arrows.
8. What are the differences between the light-dependent reactions and the light-independent
reactions?
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Use the space below to sketch and label a chloroplast. On the sketch, write the four steps of
the photosynthesis process.
Photosynthesis
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Vocabulary Check
9. The prefix photo- means “light,” and synthesis means “to put together.” How do those
meanings tell you what happens during photosynthesis?
10. The prefix chloro- means “green,” and the suffix -phyll means “leaf.” How are these
meanings related to chlorophyll?
11. The prefix in- means “not.” How does this meaning tell you which reactions in
photosynthesis require light, and which reactions do not?
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4.2 Power Notes
Photosynthesis:
1.
2.
4. CHAPTER 4
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6.
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SECTION OVERVIEW OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4.2 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT The overall process of photosynthesis produces sugars that store
chemical energy.
Some organisms, called producers, make their own carbon-based molecules, such as
carbohydrates, that are broken down to make ATP. The process that many producers,
including plants, use to make their own source of food is called photosynthesis.
Photosynthesis is a process that captures energy from sunlight to make sugars that store
chemical energy.
In plants, photosynthesis takes place in organelles called chloroplasts. Chloroplasts
contain molecules, such as chlorophyll, that absorb energy from light. Most of a plant’s
chloroplasts are in leaf cells specialized for photosynthesis. Chloroplasts have two main
parts used for photosynthesis: the grana, which contain disk-shaped structures called
thylakoids, and the stroma, which is the fluid that surrounds the grana. Photosynthesis
takes place in two main stages.
• The first stage is called the light-dependent reactions. In the light-dependent
reactions chlorophyll absorbs energy from sunlight and water molecules are broken
down. Energy is transferred to molecules such as ATP. Oxygen is released as a
waste product.
• The second stage is called the light-independent reactions. In the light-independent
reactions energy from the light-dependent reactions is used to build sugar molecules
from carbon dioxide.
The overall, simplified chemical equation for the photosynthesis process is:
6CO2 + 6H2O →→→→→→→ C6H12O6 + 6O2
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Cells and Energy1. What is photosynthesis?
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2. Where does photosynthesis take place in plants?
3. What happens during the light-dependent reactions?
4. What happens during the light-independent reactions?
5. What are the reactants and the products of photosynthesis?
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SECTION PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN DETAIL
4.3 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY ATP synthase
photosystem Calvin cycle
Photosynthesis requires a series of electron transport chain
chemical reactions.
MAIN IDEA: The first stage of photosynthesis captures and transfers energy.
1. Overall, what is the function of the light-dependent reactions?
2. What are photosystems?
3. Which molecules carry energy to the light-independent reactions? CHAPTER 4
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Fill in the sequence diagram below to follow the seven steps of the light-dependent reactions.
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STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED
MAIN IDEA: The second stage of photosynthesis uses energy from the first stage to
make sugars.
4. What is the function of the Calvin cycle?
Fill in the cycle diagram to summarize the four steps of the Calvin cycle. A.
1.
4.
2.
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Vocabulary Check
5. What is the electron transport chain?
6. The first part of an enzyme’s name tells you about its function. All enzymes end with
the suffix -ase. What does this information tell you about ATP synthase?
7. What does the word cycle tell you about the chemical reactions of the Calvin cycle?
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4.3 Power Notes
Light-Dependent Reactions CHAPTER 4
Step Description Cells and Energy
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Light-Independent Reactions
2.
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SECTION PHOTOSYNTHESIS IN DETAIL
4.3 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT Photosynthesis requires a series of chemical reactions.
Photosynthesis takes place in two main stages: the light-dependent reactions and the
light-independent reactions. The light-dependent reactions capture and transfer energy.
The light-dependent reactions mainly take place in the thylakoid membranes through
two groups of molecules, called photosystems.
• Photosystem II: In photosystem II, chlorophyll and other light-absorbing
molecules capture energy from sunlight. The energy is transferred to electrons that
travel through a series of proteins in the thylakoid membrane called an electron
transport chain. Water molecules are broken down. Hydrogen ions from the
water molecules are pumped across the thylakoid membrane.
• Photosystem I: Additional energy is absorbed from sunlight and transferred to
electrons in the electron transport chain. The electrons are used to produce a
molecule called NADPH, which carries energy to the light-independent reactions.
• ATP synthase: Hydrogen ions flow through a complex enzyme called ATP
synthase that produces ATP molecules that are transferred to the light-independent
reactions.
The light-independent reactions use the ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent
reactions, and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to make sugars. The
light-independent reactions take place through the Calvin cycle. The Calvin cycle has
several chemical reactions that are necessary to produce a high-energy sugar from
low-energy carbon dioxide.
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Cells and Energy
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1. What are the three parts of the light-dependent reactions?
2. What are the functions of photosystem II?
3. What are the functions of photosystem I?
4. What is the function of ATP synthase?
5. What happens during the Calvin cycle?
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SECTION OVERVIEW OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION
4.4 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY anaerobic
cellular respiration Krebs cycle
The overall process of cellular aerobic
respiration converts sugar into ATP glycolysis
using oxygen.
MAIN IDEA: Cellular respiration makes ATP by breaking down sugars. CHAPTER 4
1. What is cellular respiration? Cells and Energy
2. Why is cellular respiration called an aerobic process?
3. Where does cellular respiration take place?
4. What happens during glycolysis?
MAIN IDEA: Cellular respiration is like a mirror image of photosynthesis.
5. In what two ways does cellular respiration seem to be the opposite of photosynthesis?
Copyright © McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin Company. 6. In which two parts of a mitochondrion does cellular respiration take place?
7. Write the chemical equation for the overall process of cellular respiration.
8. Explain what the equation means. Identify the reactants, products, and the meaning of
the several arrows.
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STUDY GUIDE, CONTINUED
Use the space below to sketch and label a mitochondrion. On the sketch, write the four steps
of the cellular respiration process that occur in the mitochondrion.
Cellular Respiration
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Vocabulary Check
9. The prefix glyco- comes from a Greek word that means “sweet.” The suffix -lysis comes
from a Greek word that means “to loosen.” How are the meanings of these word parts
related to the meaning of glycolysis?
10. What does it mean to say that glycolysis is an anaerobic process?
11. What is the Krebs cycle?
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4.4 Power Notes
Cellular respiration:
Glycolysis: 1.
3.
takes place in
2. CHAPTER 4
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5.
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SECTION OVERVIEW OF CELLULAR RESPIRATION
4.4 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT The overall process of cellular respiration converts sugar into ATP
using oxygen.
Cellular respiration is a process in all eukaryotes that breaks down sugars and other
carbon-based molecules to make ATP when oxygen is present. Because cellular
respiration needs oxygen, it is an aerobic process. In eukaryotic cells, the aerobic parts of
the process take place in mitochondria. The step that leads to cellular respiration takes
place in the cytoplasm and is anaerobic, which means it does not need oxygen.
The anaerobic process that leads to cellular respiration is called glycolysis. In glycolysis,
two ATP molecules are used to split a molecule of glucose into two three-carbon
molecules, which produces four ATP molecules. Glycolysis yields a net increase of
two ATP molecules. Then, if oxygen is available, the products of glycolysis are used in
cellular respiration. Cellular respiration takes place in two general stages, in two different
parts of the mitochondria.
• The Krebs cycle is a series of chemical reactions that further breaks down the
three-carbon molecules from glycolysis. The Krebs cycle takes place in the matrix,
or interior space, of mitochondria. These chemical reactions produce carbon dioxide,
a small number of ATP molecules, and energy-carrying molecules that are used in
the second stage of cellular respiration.
• An electron transport chain uses the energy-carrying molecules from the Krebs cycle
to produce a large number of ATP molecules. Water, which is released as a waste
product, is also formed. The electron transport chain is in the inner mitochondrial
membrane.
The overall, simplified chemical equation for the cellular respiration process is
C6H12O6 + 6O2 →→→→→→→ 6CO2 + 6H2O
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3. What happens in the Krebs cycle?
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SECTION CELLULAR RESPIRATION IN DETAIL
4.5 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT
Cellular respiration is an aerobic process with two main stages.
MAIN IDEA: Glycolysis is needed for cellular respiration.
1. What is the function of glycolysis?
2. What happens to the molecules formed during glycolysis when oxygen is available?
3. What is meant by a “net gain of two ATP molecules” from glycolysis? CHAPTER 4
Cells and Energy
MAIN IDEA: The Krebs cycle is the first main part of cellular respiration.
4. What is the function of the Krebs cycle?
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Pyruvate broken
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MAIN IDEA: The electron transport chain is the second main part of cellular
respiration.
5. Where is the electron transport chain in cellular respiration located?
6. What is the function of the electron transport chain?
Fill in the sequence below to take notes on the four steps of the electron transport chain.
7. Why is oxygen needed for cellular respiration?
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4.5 Power Notes
Glycolysis:
when oxygen is available 4. CHAPTER 4
3. 5. Cells and Energy
1.
Identify the process:
7.
2.
6.
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SECTION CELLULAR RESPIRATION IN DETAIL
4.5 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT Cellular respiration is an aerobic process with two main stages.
Cellular respiration takes place in the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. Before cellular
respiration can occur, glucose is broken down in a cell’s cytoplasm during an anaerobic
process called glycolysis.
• During glycolysis, two ATP molecules are used to split a glucose molecule into
two three-carbon molecules that eventually become molecules called pyruvate.
Four molecules of ATP (a net increase of two ATP), and two molecules of an
energy-carrying molecule called NADH are formed.
When oxygen is available, the pyruvate and NADH are used for cellular respiration in
the mitochondria. The first part of cellular respiration, including the Krebs cycle, takes
place in the mitochondrial matrix. The second part takes place within and across the
inner mitochondrial membrane.
1. Pyruvate is broken down and is linked to a molecule called Coenzyme A. This
molecule enters the Krebs cycle. In the Krebs cycle, carbon-based molecules
are broken down and rearranged to produce NADH and FADH2, which are
energy-carrying molecules, two molecules of ATP, and carbon dioxide waste.
2. Energized electrons are removed from NADH and FADH2 by proteins in the electron
transport chain. Hydrogen ions are pumped across the inner membrane, then flow
through ATP synthase to produce ATP. Oxygen picks up the electrons that travel
along the chain. Water is released as a waste product.
CHAPTER 4
Cells and Energy1. What happens during glycolysis?
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2. Describe the first stage of cellular respiration in mitochondria.
3. What is the function of the electron transport chain in cellular respiration?
4. What does oxygen do in cellular respiration?
5. What are the overall reactants and products in cellular respiration?
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SECTION FERMENTATION
4.6 Study Guide
KEY CONCEPT VOCABULARY
fermentation
Fermentation allows the production of a small amount of lactic acid
ATP without oxygen.
MAIN IDEA: Fermentation allows glycolysis to continue.
1. What is the importance of fermentation?
2. What is the function of fermentation?
3. When does fermentation take place in your muscle cells? CHAPTER 4
Cells and Energy
4. Why is fermentation an anaerobic process?
5. How is fermentation involved in the production of ATP?
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Lactic Acid Fermentation
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MAIN IDEA: Fermentation and its products are important in several ways.
In the space below, show and label the process of alcoholic fermentation.
Alcoholic Fermentation
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6. How are lactic acid fermentation and alcoholic fermentation similar? different?
7. Name one commercial use of lactic acid fermentation.
8. Name one commercial use of alcoholic fermentation.
Vocabulary Check
9. The term fermentation is based on a word that means “to bubble.” How is this meaning
related to your understanding of the fermentation process?
10. What is lactic acid?
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4.6 Power Notes
Glycolysis Cellular respiration
O2
no Fermentation:
O2
Lactic Acid Fermentation CHAPTER 4
Process: Cells and Energy
Alcoholic Fermentation
Process:
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SECTION FERMENTATION
4.6 Reinforcement
KEY CONCEPT Fermentation allows the production of a small amount of ATP
without oxygen.
When oxygen is not available in cells, fermentation takes place instead. Fermentation
is an anaerobic process that allows glycolysis to continue, but does not produce ATP
on its own. The main function of fermentation is to remove electrons from molecules
of NADH, the energy-carrier produced by glycolysis, to form NAD+. The molecules of
NAD+ are recycled to glycolysis, which can continue to produce a small amount of ATP
without oxygen. There are two main types of fermentation.
• Lactic acid fermentation: Pyruvate and NADH from glycolysis enter the
fermentation process. Energy from the NADH molecules is used to convert pyruvate
into lactic acid. NADH molecules are converted into NAD+ molecules that are
recycled to glycolysis to pick up more electrons. This type of fermentation occurs
in many types of cells, including human muscle cells.
• Alcoholic fermentation: Like lactic acid fermentation, pyruvate and NADH from
glycolysis enter fermentation. Energy from NADH is used to break down pyruvate
into an alcohol and carbon dioxide. NADH molecules are converted into NAD+
molecules that are recycled to glycolysis. Alcoholic fermentation is used by many
types of yeast.
Both types of fermentation are used in various commercial processes. Lactic acid
fermentation is used to make yogurt. Alcoholic fermentation is used to make dough rise.
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CHAPTER INTERPRETING GRAPHS
4 Data Analysis Practice
Scientists use data tables to organize their experimental data. Often, the data are graphedAmount of chlorophyll (µg/g)CHAPTER 4
because a graph can make the data easier to interpret. Graphs quickly show a relationship Cells and Energy
between two variables.
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Scientists exposed two groups of seedlings to various amounts of light. One group was
exposed to low light conditions (LL) and the other group was exposed to moderate light
(ML) conditions. Scientists measured the amount of chlorophyll in the seedlings at regular
intervals during a 48-hour period. The amount of chlorophyll in the seedlings is expressed
in micrograms of chlorophyll per gram of seedling (µg/g). The data from both groups are
shown in the graph below.
GRAPH 1. AMOUNT OF CHLOROPHYLL WITH
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF LIGHT
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Low light
Moderate light
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300
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100
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1. Analyze Approximately how much chlorophyll was present in the low-light plants
after 24 hours? In the moderate-light plants after 24 hours?
2. Conclude What are the similarities and differences between the low-light seedlings
and the moderate-light seedlings?
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3. Infer To which of the two lighting conditions would you expose seedlings if you
wanted to maximize the rate of photosynthesis in the plants? Why?
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CHAPTER LEAF STRUCTURE: BUILT FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS
4 Pre-AP Activity
You know that structure and function are related in biology. In Chapter 4 you have learned CHAPTER 4
how the structure of chloroplasts enables a plant to capture the Sun’s energy, then convert Cells and Energy
and store it as chemical energy, in a process called photosynthesis. This demonstrates the
structure-function relationship at a cellular level. The structure–function relationship doesn’t
stop there. The cells in which photosynthesis is carried out are further specialized into
different tissues that are structured in such a way as to ensure that
• the raw materials needed for photosynthesis—sunlight, water vapor, carbon dioxide—are
supplied to the chloroplasts
• the energy-rich product—sugar—is delivered to the rest of the plant
• the unused byproduct—oxygen—is removed
Collectively these cells and tissues form an organ—the leaf—that is well suited to
photosynthesis.
CELLS AND TISSUES
The diagram below shows the cross section of a leaf. Individual cells are shown in outline;
the tiny dark ovals are chloroplasts. Use the descriptions of plant cells and tissues that follow
to identify the components. Include labels for the epidermis, guard cells, stoma, palisade
mesophyll, spongy mesophyll, and vascular bundle.
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The cells mostly lack chloroplasts and so are colorless. The cell walls of epidermal tissue
contain cutin, an insoluble lipid polymer that feels waxy to the touch. Typically found in
the lower surface of the epidermis are specialized pairs of guard cells, which do contain
chloroplasts. Together the guard cells form a structure called a stoma (plural, stomata) that
opens and closes in response to the availability of water.
Mesophyll Tissue The cells that make up this tissue contain large numbers of chloroplasts.
Palisade mesophyll is made up of elongated rectangular cells that pack tightly together.
Spongy mesophyll is made up of cells that are irregular in shape and so less compact.
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Vascular Tissue The cells that make up a vascular bundle are tubelike cells that stack end to
end. Cells of the xylem move water and dissolved nutrients from the roots into the upper parts
of a plant. Cells of the phloem carry sugars away from the leaves into lower parts of a plant.
Having read the descriptions and labeled the diagram, answer the following questions on a
separate piece of paper. For questions 4 and 5, you might first want to examine a tree to note
the general shape, size, thickness, and orientation of its leaves.
1. Write a word equation to identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis.
2. Identify three important functions of the epidermis that support the photosynthetic
process. Describe in what way the cells of the epidermis are suited to these functions.
3. Together the mesophyll tissues form the ground tissue of a leaf, where most
photosynthetic activity occurs. Considering the shape and position of the cells of the
tissues, describe how the two tissues work together to ensure that a leaf produces
nutrients sufficient to keep a plant alive.
4. The vascular bundles form the veins of a leaf. From your own observations, what seems
to be the optimal position of vascular bundles?
5. From your own observations, what seems to be the optimal position of leaves on a tree?
6. What mechanism has produced the adaptations necessary for photosynthesis seen in a
leaf?
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4 Pre-AP Activity
In Chapter 1, you learned that one of the characteristics of life is that it needs a constant CHAPTER 4
supply of energy to maintain itself. As you have learned in Chapter 4, photosynthesis is the Cells and Energy
primary means by which energy is brought into the biosphere and cellular respiration is one
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ENERGY
In physics, energy is typically defined as “the capacity to do work.” It comes in different
forms. Mechanical and electrical energy, as well as heat and light, are forms of kinetic
energy—energy associated with the motion of an object. Potential energy is energy associated
with an object’s position. Gravity represents a source of potential energy, as does the energy
stored in chemical bonds. As an object does work, energy is often changed from one form to
another. In biology, an organism does work when it interacts with the environment, but a large
amount of work is also done to keep an organism growing and its living matter organized.
When an organism “works,” its cells transform energy.
THERMODYNAMICS
Thermodynamics is the study of energy transformations. Any collection of matter that is
being studied is referred to as a system, whether that system is the universe or an organism.
There are two types of systems, open and closed. In a closed system, matter and energy are
not exchanged with the surroundings; in an open system, matter and energy are exchanged
with the surroundings.
Two laws of thermodynamics govern energy transformations.
• The first law of thermodynamics, also known as the law of conservation of energy, states
that energy can be transferred or transformed, but it cannot be created or destroyed.
• The second law of thermodynamics states that not all of the energy that is transferred or
transformed can be used for work; some of it is wasted.
Wasted energy increases the overall disorder in the universe (the system and its surroundings).
Organisms typically release a lot of wasted energy in the form of heat. Heat is generated
when molecules move and collide in a disorganized manner, and it is this form of energy that
is released following chemical reactions. Entropy is a quantity that measures the amount of
disorder. According to the second law, every time energy is transferred or transformed in a
spontaneous process, the amount of entropy (disorder) in the universe increases.
1. The universe is a closed system that encompasses all matter and energy. How is it that
energy can be considered wasted in a system that encompasses all energy?
2. How would you describe the measure of entropy in an organism?
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3. How is it possible for energy transformations to increase the order in living things if,
according to the second law of thermodynamics, energy transformations make the
universe more disordered?
4. If you could view the history of Earth as you might a video set to fast forward, you
would see a planet that was barren and devoid of life change to one where organisms
of every sort occupy just about every square inch of its surface. How is it that there is
always more energy available to support a steady increase in highly organized living
matter despite the fact that so much energy is used as well as wasted by life cycles?
5. Producers, such as plants, capture energy from the Sun and store it in energy-rich
compounds that animals use as a source of energy. Animals that feed on plants
directly are primary consumers, animals that feed on primary consumers are secondary
consumers, and so it goes as the energy captured by plants or other producers moves up
a food chain. These feeding relationships are often depicted in an energy pyramid, with
producers at the base. How does the structure and shape of an energy pyramid support
the idea that energy is being lost through living matter?
6. Heat is a form of kinetic energy that increases the motion of particles and therefore
increases the opportunity for chemical reactions to occur. Your body maintains a stable
internal environment by keeping its internal temperature at about 98.6 °F. Yet your cells
do not use heat to do work but radiate the heat out of your body, into your surroundings.
Instead your body uses molecules such as ATP and enzymes to do the body’s work. Why
doesn’t the body use the heat available to it as a source of energy?
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ATP light-independent reactions glycolysis
ADP photosystem anaerobic
chemosynthesis electron transport chain Krebs cycle
photosynthesis ATP synthase fermentation
chlorophyll Calvin cycle lactic acid
thylakoid cellular respiration
light-dependent reactions aerobic
A. Matching Write the vocabulary term or phrase next to its definition. CHAPTER 4
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Calvin cycle electron transport chain photosystem
chlorophyll light-dependent reaction thylakoid
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light-absorbing molecules
2. A series of chemical reactions that produces sugars
from carbon dioxide
3. A series of proteins in the thylakoid membrane that
transfers high-energy electrons
4. Two groups of molecules in the thylakoid membrane
that capture and transfer energy
5. Reaction that captures energy from sunlight and
transfers energy to the light-independent reactions
6. Light-absorbing molecule in thylakoid membrane
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B. Stepped-Out Vocabulary Define each word. Then write two additional facts that
are related to the word.
WORD DEFINITION MORE INFORMATION
Example ATP three phosphate groups
molecule that transfers
energy from breakdown of food forms cycle with ADP
molecules to cell processes
1. aerobic
2. glycolysis
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5. cellular respiration
6. anaerobic
7. Krebs cycle
8. lactic acid
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C. Word Origins Circle the Greek and Latin word parts in each vocabulary term. Then
use the Greek and Latin meanings to construct a very basic definition of the vocabulary word.
tri- = three photo- = light an- = without
di- = two syn- = together -ic = relating to
chemo- = chemical aero- = air -ase = enzyme
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4. chemosynthesis
5. photosynthesis
6. ATP synthase
D. Analogy Vocabulary Set The vocabulary terms below are related to energy and
the transfer of energy. On one blank line next to each vocabulary term, write the letter and
number of the definition that best matches. On the other blank line, write the letter and
number of the analogy that best matches.
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1. ADP A1. an empty gas tank
D1. the process that splits glucose
into 2 three-carbon molecules 2. electron transport chain A2. chopping a log in half to get
and makes 2 ATP firewood to burn
D2. a low-energy molecule
D3. a complex enzyme that makes 3. glycolysis A3. a full gas tank
ATP
D4. a high-energy molecule 4. ATP A4. a turbine that produces
that transfers energy to cell 5. ATP synthase electricity from the flow of
processes water
D5. series of proteins that A5. a pipe that carries water to a
transfers high-energy turbine to produce electricity
electrons
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E. Do-It Yourself Matching In a random order, write short definitions for each term on
the blank lines to the right. Then give your paper to a classmate who should write the number
of the term next to the correct definition.
1.thylakoid
2.fermentation
3.light-independent
reactions
4.anaerobic
5.lactic acid
6.chemosynthesis
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F. Vector Vocabulary Define the words in the boxes. On the line across each arrow,
write a phrase that describes how the words in the boxes are related to each other.
GLYCOLYSIS
1.
2. 8.
CELLULAR RESPIRATION FERMENTATION
3. 9.
4. 10.
KREBS CYCLE LACTIC ACID
5. 11.
6.
ELECTRON TRANSPORT CHAIN
7.
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