Cell+Energy

Amanda Zlotnikoff, Deshawn Newman, and Ben Kessler

Section Headers : From sun to cell; Getting energy from food; Photosynthesis and Respiration: What's the connection?

Terms to Learn/ Vocabulary : Photosynthesis, Cellular Respiration, and Fermentation.

Notes/Important Ideas :
 * Nearly all of the energy that fuels life comes from the sun.
 * Feeling hungry means your cells need energy.
 * Plants are able to capture light energy from the sun and change it into food.
 * Breathing supplies your cells with the oxygen they need to perform cellular respiration.
 * Most organisms use cellular respiration to obtain energy from food.
 * Cellular respiration takes place in mitochondria.

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Summary: The sun is the ultimate source of almost all energy needed to fuel the chemical activities of organisms. Most producers use energy from sunlight to make food during the process know as photosynthesis. This food then becomes a source of energy for the producers and for the consumers that eat the producers. Cells use cellular respiration or fermentation to release the energy from food to make ATP. Cellular respiration requires oxygen, but fermentation does not.