Sunday, 14 June 2015
Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration
PHOTOSYNTHESIS:
- Process where light energy is converted into energy which can later be released to fuel activities and process carried out by the organism.
light
- 6CO2 + 12H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H20
chlorophyll
- chloroplasts vital for photosynthesis
- photosynthesis takes place in thylakoid which has chlorophyll (a catalyst)
- process: light dependent in thylakoid (produce ATP and NADPH) and light independent reactions (synthesize glucose)
CELLULAR RESPIRATION:
- converts energy from nutrients (such as glucose) into ATP
- reaction is reverse of photosynthesis
- final receptor in cellular respiration is oxygen
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