Lessons
1 - Chemical Compounds in Cells
3- Photosynthesis
4 - Respiration
5- Cell Division
3-Cell Processes & Energy
NC Standard
8.L.5 Understand the composition of various substances as it relates to their ability to serve as a source of energy and building materials for growth and repair of organisms.
8.L.5.1 Summarize how food provides the energy and the molecules required for building materials, growth and survival of all organisms (to include plants).
Lesson 1, Chemical Compounds in Cells
What makes a substance organic or inorganic?
Which groups organic compounds make up the food that you eat?
What are examples of carbohydrates?
What is the function of proteins?
What are examples of starches?
What are examples of lipids?
What are examples of proteins?
What is the function of proteins?
How do you get energy?
Why are enzymes important?
What is the second source of the body’s energy?
What is the third source of the body’s energy?
Why are nucleic acids important?
Lesson 3, Photosynthesis
What is photosynthesis?
What is the source of energy that drives photosynthesis?
What is the source of energy for most living things?
How do consumers get the energy they need to carry out life functions?
What are autotrophs?
What are heterotrophs?
Where does photosynthesis take place?
How does the Sun’s energy enter a plant?
What are the reactants in photosynthesis?
What are the products of photosynthesis?
What is the purpose of photosynthesis?
What is the chemical formula for photosynthesis?
Lesson 4, Respiration
What is respiration?
Why is respiration important?
What happens in the first stage of respiration?
What happens in the second stage of respiration?
Why are the mitochondria called the powerhouses of cells?
What are the reactants in respiration?
What are the products of respiration?
What is the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration?
What causes muscle cramps?
What is the chemical formula for respiration?
Lesson 5, Cell Division
What is the purpose cell division; mitosis?
What occurs during interphase?
What occurs during mitosis?
What occurs during cytokinesis?
What are chromosomes?
What the purpose of your chromosomes?
What is the relationship between DNA and chromosomes?
What is the purpose of DNA and
What is the purpose of genes?
What is the relationship between food and mitosis?
Test Review - Short Answer
What is the purpose of food?
Why is photosynthesis essential to all life?
How is matter transferred in ecosystems?
What are your body's first, second, and third sources of energy?
What is the purpose of cell division?