Friday, October 28, 2011

Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis is the process where green plants use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make food and oxygen. This is very important because all life depends on it for the oxygen. Photosynthesis is the source of energy for nearly all life on earth. Many photosynthetic organisms have adaptations that concentrate or store carbon dioxide, and helps take out photorespiration.

Cellular respiration is the set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the vells of organisms to change into biochemical energy. Respiration is one way a cell can gain useful energy to fuel cellular reformations. The energy released in respiration is used to synthesize ATP to store this energy.

C3, C4, CAM

C4 and CAM plants are different when the carbon fixation occurs. The C4 pathway consumes 30 ATP for the synthesis of one molecule of glucose. CAM, C4, and C3 all have the same photosynthetic functions. CAM and C3 plants are similar when they perform their light-dependent reactions at the same times. The chemical reaction of CO2 accumulation is similar to that of C4 plants, but in CAM plants CO2 fixation and its assimilation are separated temporally rather than spatially.

http://tables-evo-sci.blogspot.com/2007/11/comparison-of-c-3-c-4-cam-plants.html

Macromolecule Structure

- There are four different kinds of macromolecules; Carbohydrate, Lipid, Protein, and Nucleic Acid.
- Sucrose is formed by the linkage of glucose and fructose and is a type of disaccharides.
- Most common monosaccharides is glucose.
- Monosaccharides is composed of only one monomer.
- More than one monomer make up a polymer.

Biochemistry Vocabulary Terms

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4314914/BioChem_Vocabulary_Terms

Adhesion is important because it is the force of water being traveled in the stem or trunk of a plant by countering the downward pull of gravity. Surface Tensions is the force needed to break the surface of the water, from hydrogen bonds, creates reactions and helps create bonds. Compounds are important because it's the mixture of chemicals to create chemical reactions. Two or more monomers create a polymer. Macromolecules have different types like Carbohydrates, and proteins. Cohension helps water go through the plant to go against gravity. Peptide bonds are used to create amino acids. Hydrogen bond creates surface tension in water.

Ecology Vocabulary Terms

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4314860/Ecology_Vocabulary_Terms

Ecology is important because it is the interactions between organisms in their environments, and can determine distribution and abundance of organisms. Abiotic's are important because they are all the nonliving chemical and physical factors. Biotic's are important because they are all the organisms that are in any environment. Ecosystem is important because it makes up all the abiotic and biotic organisms in the biome. Climate is an abiotic factor that usually affect organism in ecology. Population is important because a group of individuals that live in a specific area. Biomes are important because it's one of the worlds major ecosystems that is characterized by adaptions of organisms to an environment. Biomass is important because it's organic matter comprising organisms in a habitat. Taxis is the animal's behavior when exposed to all the abiotic factors surrounding it. Kinesis is forced to work with the other abiotic factors. Keystone Species is important because they are what biomes need to stay stable. FAP ( fixed action pattern ) is important because it's the sequence of behavioral acts which is unchangeable. Associative Learning is important because it describes the behaviors of organisms that were learned with other species. Commensalism is important because it's when one species benefits while the other one also benefits. Imprinting is important because it's what an animal first learns.

Thursday, September 15, 2011