Energy Transformation
Cellular Respiration
Photosynthesis
Fermentation Solutions
By the Numbers
100

This is the energy conversion path for photosynthesis (from X energy to Y energy).

Sunlight --> Chemical 

100

This stage of cellular respiration produces the single largest amount of ATP.

Electron Transport Chain 

100

This specific pigment gives plants their green color and absorbs sunlight.

Chlorophyll 

100

This is the specific molecule that undergoes fermentation in the absence of oxygen.

Pyruvate 

100

This is the net amount of ATP produced during the glycolysis stage.

2 ATP


200

This is the energy conversion path for cellular respiration (from X energy to Y energy).

Chemical --> ATP 

200

This high-yield process occurs in the mitochondria and requires oxygen.

Aerobic Respiration 

200

In the equation for photosynthesis, these two substances are the products.

Glucose and Oxygen 

200

This type of fermentation occurs in animal muscle cells and produces a 3-carbon waste product.

Lactic-acid fermentation 

200

This is the approximate total range of ATP produced from a single glucose molecule when oxygen is present.

32-38 ATP

300

This is the primary relationship between the reactants and products of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

The reactants of one are the products of the other. 

300

This metabolic process occurs in the cytoplasm and breaks down one glucose molecule into two pyruvate molecules.

Glycolysis


300

This reaction stage occurs in the stroma and uses chemical energy rather than direct sunlight.

Light-independent reaction 


300

Yeast and some bacteria use this anaerobic pathway to produce ethanol and CO2. 

alcoholic fermentation 

300

To reach a total of 36–38 ATP, this is the amount of ATP generally attributed to the Krebs Cycle alone.

2 ATP