Photosynthesis (PSN) and Cellular Respiration (CR)
Biochemistry 99/00
Chapter 7 and 8
from Biological Science: A Molecular Approach, BSCS Blue Version, Seventh Edition, D.C. Heath and Company, 1996

Students should be able to:
  1. State the importance of photosynthesis and identify the plant structures that are involved in photosynthesis.
  2. Identify, draw and explain the steps by which light energy is converted to chemical energy during the light reactions.
  3. Identify, draw, explain the steps and discuss the importance of the Calvin cycle.
  4. Describe how environmental factors affect the rate of photosynthesis.
  5. Describe adaptations that combat photorespiration.
  6. Relate the processes of metabolism and cellular respiration and cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
  7. Distinguish between the three hydrogen-carrier molecules and their functions.
  8. Describe how the of the three stages of cellular respiration are related.
  9. Identify, draw and explain the steps of glycolysis, including the possible products of fermentation.
  10. Compare ATP production in aerobic respiration and fermentaion.
  11. Discuss the importance of oxygen to the electron transport chain.
  12. Explain the central role of the Kreb's cycle in metabolism.
  13. Describe how the H+ pump is important in ATP production.
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