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UNIT 3 - ENERGY OF LIFE

 

Section 3.1 - Energy

·         Origin of Energy

·         Potential and Kinetic Energy

 

http://www.st-agnes.org/~lstinson/webpages/kinpot.htm

 

 

Section 3.2 - Laws of Thermodynamics

·         First Law of Thermodynamics

·         Second Law of Thermodynamics

 

http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~chem130a/sauer/outline/firstlaw.html

http://www.srikant.org/core/node10.html

 

Section 3.3 - Cell Metabolism

·         Anabolic and Catabolism

·         Chemical Reactions

·         Chemical Equilibrium

·         Oxidation and Reduction

 

http://dwb.unl.edu/Teacher/NSF/C11/C11Links/www.harcourtcollege.com/chem/biochem/GarrettGrisham/HardToGrasp/Redox/Redox.html

http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20100/Bio%20100%20Lectures/Enzymes/energy.htm

 

 

Section 3.4 - ATP

·         ATP in Phosphate bonds

·         ATP Formation

·         Energy Molecules

 

http://www.amsainc.com/atp-chemistry.asp

http://zoology.okstate.edu/zoo_lrc/biol1114/study_guides/lecouts/rainforest.html

 

 

Section 3.5 - Enzymes

·         Enzymes in Biochemical Reactions

·         Metabolic Pathways

 

http://www.gwu.edu/~mpb/

http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/Pathways/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.6 - Photosynthesis

·         Origin of Photosynthesis

·         Process of Photosynthesis

 

http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookPS.html

http://biology.clc.uc.edu/courses/bio104/photosyn.htm

 

 

Section 3.7 - Cell Structures Involved in Photosynthesis

·         Light

·         Pigment Molecules

·         Chloroplast

 

http://koning.ecsu.ctstateu.edu/cell/chloroplast.html

http://www.tvdsb.on.ca/westmin/science/sbi3a1/Cells/chloro.htm

 

 

Section 3.8 Light Reactions

·         Photosystem I

·         Photosystem II

 

http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/molecules/pdb22_1.html

http://www.bio.ic.ac.uk/research/barber/psIIimages/PSII.html

 

 

Section 3.9

·         Carbon Fixation

·         Calvin Cycle

·         Calvin Cycle Experiments

 

http://www.bio.umass.edu/biology/conn.river/calvin.html

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/CalvinCycle.html

 

 

Section 3.10 - Photosynthesis Efficiency

 

·         Photorespiration

·         C4 Photosynthesis

·         CAM Photosynthesis

 

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/C/C4plants.html

http://www.blc.arizona.edu/courses/181gh/rick/photosynthesis/C4.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.11 - Cells Releasing Energy

 

·         Cell Respiration

·         Energy Transfer

·         Glycolysis

·         Krebs and Electron Transport

·         Energy Pathway Origin

 

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~rjh9u/glycol.html

http://www.stark.kent.edu/~cearley/pchem/Krebs/Krebs.htm

http://ntri.tamuk.edu/cell/mitochondrion/ets.html

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

 

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