Photosynthesis+Webquest

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/photosynthesis.html 1. Click on the link to "illuminating photosynthesis" 2. Click on "The cycle" - what gas is given off by the girl? by the plant? 3. Click on "Atomic Shuffle" - What molecule does photosynthesis begin with? - Which element does the plant keep? Which molecule does the plant get rid of? - What are the holes in a leaf called? What gas enters through those holes? - What's the big molecule that the plant makes? - Write the equation 4. Click on "Three Puzzlers" - How many people can a single tree provide oxygen for? - How did the scientists keep the corn kernels alive? - What do plants need oxygen for?

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Play movie and answer questions below Take the Quiz
 * 1) What’s the main source of food for plants?
 * 2) What’s the name of the transport system that moves water?
 * 3) What’s the name of the openings in the leaves? What do they do?
 * 4) What does Chlorophyll do?
 * 5) What does the plant do with the chemical energy it gets during photosynthesis?
 * 6) What’s released as a waste product?
 * 7) Why are plants so important to us? 

media type="youtube" key="muxLbzX1OuU" height="344" width="425" Watch the video 1. What's the equation for photosynthesis? 2. Where does photosynthesis take place? 3. What are the pipes called that water travels up? 4. Why are plants green? 5. How does CO2 get in and O2 get out of the leaf? 6. How does the sugar get to the rest of the plant? 7. What's one way that plants store the sugar they make during photosynthesis?

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/forestbiology/photosynthesis.swf Answer the following questions about the light reaction while viewing the following animations. 1. What are the little discs in the chloroplast called? 2. What are the stacks of little discs called? 3. When you get to the cut away of the little disks(you see Mike Wazowskis),Click on the number 1. - What does the lightning bolt represent? - What do you believe its knocking loose on p680? - What happens to the water molecule in PSII(Photosystem 2)? 4. Go back to the main menu and click on the number 2 - What's happening to the little glowing orb(electron) when the Hydrogen ion enters the thylakoid? 5. Go back to the main menu and click on number 3 - What's needed to keep our electron moving in photosystem 1 (PS1) 6. Go back and click on number 4 - Describe what happens to NADP+ 7.Go back and click on number 5 - Describe what happened to the ADP + P? - What had to be moved out of the cell in order to make this happen? - Where did the H+ come from originally? (Hint: look back over the whole process)

THE BIG QUESTION What was the point to the whole process you just watched? What were the products and how does the cell use them? - Don't be afraid to use the internet and the other links to help you answer the question.