Saturday, June 6, 2015

The Cove

2. The dolphin slaughter took place in Taiji Japan

4. Ric O-Barry's turning point that completely changed and "turn his Porches in for this crusade" is when he experienced the suicide of Flipper, his dolphin, because she was suffering from being held captive.

6. The country that indirectly runs the International Whaling Commission is Japan

8. Fishermen trap the dolphins in the cove by banging metal rods which scares the dolphins away from the noise and towards the cove. Then the cove is blocked so that thousands of dolphins are captured. 

10. 23,000 every year. 

12. The toxic substance is mercury.

14. Japanese people continue to eat dolphin meat because they are unaware of the mercury content and dolphin meat is marketed as whale meat.

16.The number of fish are declining due to over fishing. IWC blame dolphins and whales for the declining rate. 

18. The form of propaganda to "sell" dolphin meat to people by selling it to schools to tell people that it is healthy and safe. 

20. The main character goes to IWC conference room carrying monitors to display the reality of the dolphins. 

22. Whaling was banned in 1986

Monday, June 1, 2015

Photosynthesis vs. Cellular Respiration

Photosynthesis: process where plants and other organisms use sunlight to synthesize food from carbon dioxide and water
                   
Light Dependent Reaction and Light Independent Reaction (Calvin Cycle)


Cellular Respiration: process to produce energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) through oxidation of food molecules


1. Glycolysis (Does not require O2)

2. Pyruvate Oxidation
3. Kreb's Cycle
4. Electron Transport Chain/ Chemiosmosis




Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
In what
 Plants, some bacteria, and animals
 Plants and some bacteria
Location
Glycolysis: Cytoplasm
Krebs Cycle: Mitochondria Matrix
ETC: Inner mitochondrial membrane
Chloroplast
ATP, NADH, FADH2 - Produced
Glycolysis:  4 ATP (2 net ATP)
                    2 NADH
Pyruvate Oxidation: 2 NADH
Kreb's Cycle: 2 ATP
                      6 NADH
                      2 FADH2
                      CO2
Overall: 36-38 ATP
18 ATP
12 NADP
When it can occur
When glucose and oxygen is available
When sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide is available
Function
Break down of food. Energy released
Production of food. Energy captured
 Equation
6O2 + C6H12O6 ------> 6CO2 +6H2O + ATP (energy)
                            light
6CO2 + 12H2O ---------> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + 6H20