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What is Cellular Respiration? The reading says “all organisms break down
their food and separate the sugars in the food”.
Heterotrophs find food and autotrophs make their own food. Now that we have the food, what do we The reading also states “the most common
sugar in food is glucose (C6H12O6)”. Using the
do with it? All organisms must break down their food separate the sugars in the food from other
reading, summarize why cellular respiration is
components. The most common sugar in food is glucose (C6H12O6). Cellular respiration is the so important to living things.
process by which cells get energy from glucose using the cell’s mitochondria. Mitochondria are ____Cellular respiration is so important
because it provides cells with energy,
organelles that break down glucose and other food particles in the presence of oxygen and release without it we wouldn’t be able to do daily
energy. They are found throughout the cytoplasm in plant and animal cells. Living things need a tasks or function at all. A cell uses ATP to
power all their activities.__________
constant supply of energy, so mitochondria carries out cellular respiration continuously.
Go to page 4 and describe Mitochondria.
Storing and Releasing Energy Where do we store the extra food we eat?
When you eat a meal, you add to your body’s energy savings by storing glucose as fat. When cells ____It turns into fat for the body to
breakdown and turn into energy
need energy, they “withdraw” it by breaking down glucose through cellular respiration. later.____________

Breathing and Respiration What is the difference between breathing

and cellular respiration? ____In
Respiration has two meanings. It can mean “breathing” or moving air in and out of your lungs. It can
breathing you are letting out Carbon
also mean breaking down glucose in mitochondria. Breathing brings oxygen into your lungs, which is dioxide and letting in Oxygen to help
carried to cells for mitochondria to use in cellular respiration. Breathing also removes waste products carry cells for the mitochondria to use
during cellular respiration, While
of cellular respiration, such as carbon dioxide, from your body.
Cellular respiration is to break down
glucose In the
The Two Steps of Cellular Respiration
mitochondria________________________
Like photosynthesis, cellular respiration is a two-step process. The first step occurs in the cytoplasm ____________

of a cell. Molecules of glucose are broken down into smaller molecules. Oxygen is not involved in Go to page 4 and describe cytoplasm.
this step, and only a small amount of energy is released. The energy released by breaking down Describe Step 1 of Cellular Respiration.

glucose is called Adenosine Tri-Phosphate, or ATP. The second step takes place in the mitochondria. ___In the first step Glucose is broken
down into smaller molecules Which is
The small molecules are broken down even more. This change requires oxygen and releases a great turned into energy called ATP
deal of ATP, which the cell uses for all of its activities. (summarized)__________________
What is the name of the energy created in cellular respiration? ____Adenosine triphosphate, or
ATP.__________

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The Cellular Respiration Equation

Cellular respiration occurs in a series steps, and the reaction can be summarized in the following
equation:

.O2 C6H12O6 = Co2 H20

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxC10H16N5O13P3
Using your reading, fill in the blanks for the
cellular respiration equation below:

Define raw materials.

Notice that the starting materials, or reactants, for cellular respiration are glucose and oxygen. These ______________________________________
reactants are also called raw materials. Animals get glucose from the foods they consume. Plants and ___Raw materials are items needed to make
other organisms that carry out photosynthesis are able to produce their own glucose. The oxygen and transform into items that can be used
needed for cellular respiration is in the air or water surrounding the organism. Notice the end result, or (also coming from the
products, of cellular respiration includes carbon dioxide. This waste product is cycled through the air wild)__________________________________

back to plants for photosynthesis.

Define products, with regard to chemical
equations. ___ The end-result of
the reaction and are written on the right-
hand side of
the equation_________________________
Define reactants, with regard to chemical
equations. ___ Starting materials and are
written on the left-hand side of
the equation._____

Comparing
Two Energy
Processes
 Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are opposite processes. The reactants, or raw materials of Explain how photosynthesis is connected to
photosynthesis (carbon dioxide & water) are the products, or end materials in cellular respiration. cellular respiration. ___
Together, these two processes form the Carbon-Oxygen cycle that keeps the levels of oxygen and carbon Photosynthesis turns carbon dioxide
dioxide fairly constant in Earth’s atmosphere. The energy from the sun that is put into photosynthesis is and water into oxygen and glucose.
released in cellular respiration as ATP, most of which is used by organisms and some is lost as heat. Cellular respiration turns oxygen and
glucose into water and carbon dioxide
_________________

Use the Venn Diagram to compare &

Photosynthesis both Cellular contrast

Respiration
photosynthesis and cellular
respiration.
Venn Diagram:

Turns Co2 and water ATP is produced in both plants Turns oxygen into oxygen into glucose

Into Oxygen and glucose and animals. Water, and Co2

They are dependent on each

Type of cell: Plants other. Type of Cells: Animals

All living things must either use
photosynthesis or cellular
Organelle: Chloroplast Organelle: Mitochondria
respiration.

Both produce energy.

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 Cell Organelles for Cellular Respiration

Organelle Describe where it is Describe the function (job).

Name found.
Mitochondria Found in the cell The powerhouse of the cell

Cytoplasm Everywhere in the cell Responsible for giving

the cell its shape.

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