Cellular Respiration Webquest Name _________________

Date __________ Bell _______

Go to my website – www.drebilaspcmsscience.com. Click on “1st Quarter” and Cellular Respiration Webquest. Use the websites to answer the following questions. Part 1 – Define. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/mg/gardennotes/141.html#respiration Click on “Respiration” 1. What is Cellular Respiration? ____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________  2. What is the chemical equation for Cellular Respiration? ____________________________________________________________ 3. Complete the sentences while reading through the page: When compounds combine with _________________, the process is often referred to as “_______________”, for example, athlete’s “burn” energy (sugars) as they _________________. The harder they exercise, the more ______________ they burn, so the more ________________ they need. 4. Where do humans take in oxygen? _____________________ Where to plants take in oxygen? ______________________ 5. The Table compares Photosynthesis to Cellular Respiration. Copy down the Respiration side ONLY!

 

Part 2 – Where does this happen? http://www.biology4kids.com/files/cell_mito.html 1. What structure in human and animal cells is known as the “powerhouses of the cell”? _______________________________________________________  2. This organelle acts like what? ___________________________________ 3. Why do some cells have more mitochondria than other cells? _____________ ____________________________________________________________ 4. Complete the sentences as you read the paragraph titled “Using Oxygen to Release Energy” How are mitochondria used in _______________ ________________? The matrix is filled with ________________ and ____________________. These proteins take food molecules and combine them with _________________. The mitochondria are the only cell where __________________ can be combined with the _______ molecules. After oxygen is added, the material can be _________________. They are working __________________ that keep the cell full of energy. 5. Sketch the structure and label the three main parts and shown in the image on this website. Part 3 – What is this energy called? http://www.biologyinmotion.com/atp/index.html 1. What is the full name for ATP? ___________________________________  2. What do they compare ATP to? __________________________________

3. When you eat, your body changes to food into usable energy called ATP. What do you need ATP or energy for? _____________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Part 4 – Vocabulary – Use the website to complete the vocabulary below http://www.wordcentral.com/home.html Type the words into the box at the top and click “Go”

1. Respiration – (Copy number 3)

2. Mitochondria

3. ATP

4. Glucose

Definition Draw a picture/Give an example

Definition Draw a picture/Give an example

Definition Draw a picture/Give an example

Definition Draw a picture/Give an example