PHOTOSYNTHESIS,

CELLULAR RESPIRATION
AND GLOBAL WARMING
 WARM UP
• Copy the following image
into your journal and fill in
the blanks
• Hint: look where the
arrows are pointing (what
goes into photosynthesis,
what comes out, etc.)

• Answer the following

question: how are the
processes of
photosynthesis and
cellular respiration
related?
 CLIMATE CHANGE
• Watch the video and answer the following questions:

• What is climate change?

• What causes climate change?

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPqd20tdncg
 IMPORTANT GASES #1: CO2
• Go to the following website: https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/carbon-dioxide/

• Read the text, analyze the graphs, and answer the following questions:

1. What are four ways through which CO2 can be released to the air?
2. What conclusion can you draw from the first graph “DIRECT MEASUREMENTS: 2005-
PRESENT” about the amount of CO2 in the air over time?
3. What conclusion can you draw from the first graph “PROXY (INDIRECT)
MEASUREMENTS” about the historical trend of CO2 levels in the atmosphere? (in
other words, what normally happens with CO2 levels over thousands and
thousands of years?)
4. What conclusion can you draw from the first graph “PROXY (INDIRECT)
MEASUREMENTS” about the CHANGE in the historical trend of CO2 levels in the
atmosphere? (in other words, what is the difference between what normally
happens with CO2 levels and what is happening now?)
 IMPORTANT GASES: METHANE
• Go to the following website: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-
greenhouse-gases then click on the “methane” tab

• Read the text, analyze the graphs, and answer the following questions:

1. Is CO2 or CH4 more harmful to the environment? Why?

2. What percent of CH4 emissions come from human activity?
3. What are three ways that humans increase the amount of CH4 in the
environment?
4. Have methane emissions in the USA increased or decreased over time?
 AGRICULTURE & CLIMATE CHANGE
• Read the following article to learn about one way that the agriculture
industry is causing more methane emissions, and then read the second
article to learn about one way that the industry is trying to decrease those
emissions

1. https://www.popsci.com/cow-farts-are-an-even-bigger-problem-than-we-
thought
2. https://www.popsci.com/climate-cow-fart