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Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration

Stations
Directions:
*Your teacher will tell you when to rotate to the next station.
*Work together with those in your group.
*You may use your textbook or Unit 2 notes at any point for help.

Station One: Card Sort

Instructions:
1. Using the laminated labels, place them in the appropriate places in
the blank parts on the laminated comparison chart.
2. Once you have completed the laminated chart fill in the blanks
below.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS

CELLULAR
RESPIRATION

Happens in what type of

organisms?
What are the raw
materials of this process?

What are the products of

this process?
STAGE 1:
What organelle does this
process take place in?

Function

STAGE 2:

Station Two: Versa Tiles

Instructions:
1. Using the versa tiles on your table complete the following and then
draw your answer to your versa tile pattern below.
2. Record all answers below.
Pattern:
Blue

Orange

Yellow

______1. Shows that a reaction is happening.

______2. This is where the second stage of Cellular Respiration takes place
in the cell.
______3. The green pigment found in the chloroplast of plant cells.
______4. Products of Photosynthesis and Raw materials of Cellular
respiration.
______5. What comes out of a reaction.
______6. Raw materials of Photosynthesis and Products of Cellular
respiration.
______7. Small opening where the exchange of the gases take place.
______8. The materials that go into the reaction.
______9. This is where the first stage of cellular respiration takes place in
the cell.
______10. Photosynthesis and Cellular respiration can be viewed as
_______________ of
each other.
______11. Plants need this in order for them to make there own food.
______12. This organelle in the plant cell captures the energy from the sun.
A
Chloroplas
t

B
Reactant/
Raw
Material

C
Cytoplas
m

D
Chlorophy
ll

E
Stomat
a

F
Opposite
s

G
6H2 O +
6CO2
+energy

H
Mitochondri
a

I
Sunlight

J
Product

K
C6H12O6
+
6O2

L
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Station Three: Label cycle

Instructions:
1. Using the laminated labels place them in the appropriate blanks on
the laminated Kola picture.
2. After placing all the labels in the correct spaces on the laminated
picture, fill in the blanks below.
3. Answer the questions below the picture.

Questions:
1. Why is respiration important for a cell?
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________

2. Explain the relationship between photosynthesis and respiration.

_______________
_____________________________________________________________________
_______________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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3. How do plants get energy? How do animals get energy?
___________________________
________________________________________________________________________
___________________
_____________________________________________________________________
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Station Four: Photosynthesis Card Shuffle

Instructions:
1. Using the 4 laminated pictures of photosynthesis place them in the
appropriate order on your desk.
2. Next place the 6 laminated strips in the correct order beside the
laminated pictures.
3. Using the photosynthesis paper, a pair of scissor and a glue stick at
your desk, cut out the pictures & steps and paste below in the
same order as your laminated cards.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Station Five: Cellular Respiration Card Shuffle

Instructions:
1. Using the 4 laminated pictures of cellular respiration place them in
the appropriate order on your desk.
2. Next place the 4 laminated strips in the correct order beside the
laminated pictures.
3. Using the cellular respiration paper, a pair of scissor and a glue stick
at your desk, cut out the pictures & steps and paste below in the
same order as your laminated cards.

1.

2.

3.

4.

Station Six: Questions

Instructions: Fill in the blanks to all questions below.
1. Complete the photosynthesis equation below. Use the chemical formula
for each of
the raw materials and the products.
Sunlight
_______________ + ________________
_________________

_________________ +

1. Why is sunlight written above the arrow in the photosynthesis equation, rather
than
on either side of it?
a. Light energy is necessary for the reaction to occur.
b. Light energy is produced during the reaction.
c. Oxygen can exist only in the presence of light.
d. Sugar can exist only in the presence of light.
3. The process by which a cell captures the energy in sunlight and uses it to make
food is called
_____________________________________________________________________________.
4. _________________________________ are colored chemical compounds that absorbed
light.

5. The main pigment found in the chloroplast of plants is

________________________________.
6. _________________________________ are small openings on the underside of leaves
through
which carbon dioxide enters a plant.
7. The process by which cells withdraw energy from glucose is called
__________________________________________________________________________________.
8. Fill in the blanks in the table below. Use the chemical formulas for each of the raw
materials and products for cellular respiration.
Cellular Respiration
Raw Material

Products

1.

1.

2.

2.
3.

9. What process is responsible for producing most of Earths oxygen?

a. photosynthesis
b. replication
c. mutation
d. respiration
10. What products are produced during photosynthesis?
a. carbon dioxide and water
b. light energy and carbon dioxide
c. carbon dioxide and sugar
d. sugar and oxygen
11. What raw material are needed for respiration to occur?
a. energy and water
b. carbon dioxide, water and energy
c. sugar and oxygen
d. sugar and carbon dioxide
12. What cell organelle does cellular respiration take place in?
a. chloroplast and cytoplasm
b. chlorophyll and mitochondria
c. cytoplasm and mitochondria
d. vacuole and mitochondria