Cellular Respiration

Monday December 17^th

The second part of photosynthesis does not depend on light and therefore is known as the Light Independent.

During this stage Carbon from Carbon Dioxide is added to an organic molecule found in the chloroplast to produce Glucose.  The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is called Rubisco

Where does the energy come from to fuel this reaction?

From the ATP and NADPH created during the light dependent reaction.

I then had you answer today and Friday's daily questions on another sheet of paper (using your notes) so there is NO reason anyone should have scored less than an 8/8 on that!

We moved into the cellular respiration notes.  Since I want to get through this before break I printed out an outline and you filled that in as we went.  Here were the slides (Not every class got through each of these, but we will by tomorrow.)

Please be familiar with this diagram and what it represents - We will
spend more time on this tomorrow

Obviously I don't expect you to know all these steps of glycolysis, the reason
i even put this in the notes was to show you how the carbons are transformed
and also to show you how many enzymes are required to aid in these.  I do
not want you to forget how important enzymes are in biochemical reacions.

Again - these last two slides will NOT be tested on in detail but it
did give me a chance to show you where/how this all happens and once
again point out important enzymes.