1. Ch. 3 Cell Processes
Life Science

2. Section 1 – Chemistry of Life
Learning Objectives
1. List the differences among atoms, elements, molecules, and compounds
2. Explain the relationship between chemistry and life science
3. Discuss how organic compounds are different from inorganic compounds.

3. Section 1 – Chemistry of Life
A. Everything around you is made of matter and energy.
1. Matter is anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. Energy can hold matter together or break it apart.

4. 3. Matter is made of atoms.
a. Nucleus contains protons (+ charge) and neutrons (no charge).
b. Outside the nucleus are electrons (- charge), which are involved in chemical reactions.

5. 4. Elements – made up of only one kind of atom
a. Cannot be broken down into a simpler form by ordinary chemical reactions.
b. Arranged in a chart called the periodic table of elements.

8. 5. Compounds – molecular and ionic
a. Made of two or more elements in exact proportions
b. Have different properties from the elements they are made of
c. The smallest part of a molecular compound is a molecule.

9. d. Molecule – a group of atoms held together by the energy of chemical bonds
e. Molecular compounds - form when atoms share electrons

10. 6. Ionic compounds
a. Ions – electrically charged atoms  positive (+) or negative (-)
b. Ions of opposite charges attract one another to form electrically neutral compounds
(-)

11. B. Mixture – combination of substances in which individual substance keep their own properties
1. Solution – mixture in which two or more substances are mixed evenly

12. 2. Suspension – forms when a liquid or gas has another substance spread through it…
 However; the other substance in the liquid or gas eventually can settle out…
Example: sand in water

14. C. Organic compounds – contain carbon and hydrogen and are usually associated with living things or things that once were alive.

15.  Four groups of organic compounds make up all living things:
1. Carbohydrates – supply energy for cell processes
2. Lipids (fats) – store and release large amounts of energy

16. 3. Proteins – are the building blocks of many structures
a. Amino acids – smaller molecules that make up proteins
b. Enzymes – proteins that regulate nearly all chemical reactions in cells

17. 4. Nucleic acids – store important coded information in cells
(one type of nucleic acid – DNA)

20. D. Inorganic compounds – usually made from elements other than carbon.

21. E. Importance of water
1. Living things are composed of more than 50% water and depend on it to survive.
2. All chemical reactions in living things take place in water solutions.
3. Most living things use water to transport materials through their bodies.
(Human blood mostly contains water)

23. Discussion Question What are you made of?
(Be specific with terms we have learned in this section. )

24. Discussion Question What are you made of?
 Organic compounds – carbohydrates, lipids (fats), proteins, and nucleic acids (DNA).
 Inorganic compounds – water
 Compounds above - made of elements, which are made of atoms

25. Section 2 – Moving Cellular Materials
Learning Objectives
1. Describe the function of a selectively permeable membrane.
2. Explain how the processes of diffusion and osmosis move molecules in living cells.
3. Explain how passive transport and active transport differ.

26. Section 2 – Moving Cellular Materials
A. Cells have a selectively permeable membrane that regulates what goes into or out of the cell.

27. B. Passive transport – the movement of substances through a cell membrane without the input (use) of energy.
No use of energy (ATP)

28. (3) Types of passive transport (Add to notes)
1. Diffusion – when molecules move away from areas where there are more of them into areas where there are fewer of them…
…stops when the molecules of one substance are spread evenly throughout another substance  equilibrium occurs.
Equilibrium has been reached
High
Low

29. 2. Osmosis – the diffusion of water through a cell membrane
Osmosis – lettuce:

30. 3. In facilitated diffusion, transport proteins move substances into and out of the cell.

31. C. Active transport – requires energy to move a substance through a cell membrane.
Example:

32. Diffusion, Osmosis, Passive + Active Transport (Visual Video):
Diffusion, Osmosis, Active Transport (Interactive Diagram):

33. D. Endocytosis and exocytosis
1. Endocytosis – the process in which a substance is taken into a cell by surrounding it with the cell membrane, forming a sphere called a vesicle.
Vesicle

34. 2. Exocytosis – the process in which the membrane of the vesicle fuses with the cell’s membrane and the vesicle’s contents are released outside the cell

35. Discussion Question
What needs to be transported through your cells’ membranes?

36. Discussion Question
What needs to be transported through your cells’ membranes?
Transported into a cell: Transported out of a cell:
 Nutrients from food  Wastes
 Oxygen (O2)  Carbon dioxide (CO2 )
 Water (H2O)

37. Section 3 – Energy for Life
Learning Objectives
1. List the differences between producers and consumers.
2. Explain how the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration store and release energy.
3. Describe how cells get energy from glucose through fermentation.

38. Section 3 – Energy for Life
A. Cells use chemical reactions to change the chemical energy stored in food into forms needed to perform activities.
1. Metabolism – the total of all
chemical reactions in an organism
2. The chemical reactions of
metabolism require enzymes.

39. B. Photosynthesis – the process that plants and other organisms use to convert light energy into  chemical energy or sugars to be used as food.

40. 1. Producers – organisms that make their own food
Consumers – organisms that cannot make their own food

41. 2. Chlorophyll and other pigments are used in photosynthesis to capture light energy which is used to produce sugar and oxygen.

42. C. Respiration – the process in which chemical reactions break down food molecules into simpler substances and release stored energy (ATP).

43. 1. Respiration of carbohydrates begins in the cytoplasm.
a. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose (sugar) molecules.
b. Each glucose (sugar) molecule is broken down into two simpler molecules, releasing energy.

44. 2. Respiration moves into the mitochondria.
a. The two simpler molecules are broken down again, releasing much more energy.
b. This process uses oxygen and produces
carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and water (H2O) as wastes.
Energy (ATP)

45. D. Fermentation – cells that do not have enough oxygen for respiration use this process to release some of the stored energy in glucose molecules.
1. Entire process occurs in the cytoplasm.
2. Produces lactic acid, alcohol, and carbon dioxide as wastes.

46. E. Photosynthesis and respiration – almost the opposite of each other
1. Photosynthesis produces sugars and oxygen, which are used in respiration.
6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy  C6H12O6 + 6O2
Carbon water chlorophyll glucose oxygen
dioxide (sugar)
2. Respiration produces carbon dioxide and water, which are used in photosynthesis.
C6H12O6 + 6O  CO2 + 6H2O + glucose oxygen mitochondria carbon water
(sugar) dioxide
Energy (ATP)

47. Discussion Question
You are about to go for a run. What does your body need to make the energy you will use?

48. Discussion Question
You are about to go for a run. What does your body need to make the energy you will use?
 Water – transport nutrients to cells
 Carbohydrates or lipids (fats) – a source of chemical energy
 Enzymes – assist the chemical reactions
 Oxygen – fuel respiration