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Learning Highlight - Photosynthesis

Learning Highlight - Photosynthesis. Organisms change inorganic molecules into organic molecules (known as photosynthate ). TRANSPORT. What do you think of when you think of transport? Why do you move from place to place? Why is it important for the body to have a mechanism for transport?.

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Learning Highlight - Photosynthesis

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  1. Learning Highlight - Photosynthesis Organisms change inorganic molecules into organic molecules (known as photosynthate)

  2. TRANSPORT • What do you think of when you think of transport? • Why do you move from place to place? • Why is it important for the body to have a mechanism for transport?

  3. Veins

  4. PHloem • Goes with the Phlow (Up or Down) • LIVING TISSUE that carries Photosyntate to all parts of the plant where needed • Tissue consists of: • Connected SIEVE-TUBE cells (act as a sieve for the photosyntate) • Companion cells (help the sieve tubes stay alive and operate) • GOES BOTH WAYS (with the flow) – Photosysntate goes to areas where is less sugar • Spring…? - Summer…? - Fall…?

  5. Xylem • Xylem Up • Mostly for water transport (and some mineral nutrients) • Water (and nutrients) only travel up • Most active when there is • A lot of transpiration (evaporation) from the leaves b) A lot of water in the soil

  6. Let’s Get to Know Water • Exploration #1 • Materials – penny, • dropper, • crucible with water, • tray with white paper • Procedure • Holding the dropper vertically and one inch above the penny surface, add one drop at a time to the penny until the water penny bursts.

  7. What forces are at work? • Adhesion – is the tendency of certain dissimilar molecules to cling together due to attractive forces. • Cohesion – is the tendency of similar molecules to cling together.

  8. How is this related to the movement of sap through a plant? • Exploration #2 • Materials • 2 different sized straws (representing different sized tubes in the plant) • crucible with water, • tray with white paper • your finger • Procedure • Holding the dropper vertically and one inch above the penny surface, add one drop at a time to the penny until the water penny bursts.

  9. Where do you find the Xylem and Phloem

  10. Why bother moving things around in Plants? • Make energy available for life processes like: • HOW? • Cellular respiration • http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/12580-the-science-of-life-cellular-respiration-video.htm

  11. Transport in Humans • What do WE need in order to survive? • Where do these things come from? • What part of us needs these things? • How do we get those things to our cells???

  12. Respiratory System • http://video.about.com/asthma/How-Lungs-Function.htm (go to separate slide show) OVERVIEW • Air is inhaled through the nose and mouth • Oxygen from the air diffuses into red blood cells through the capillaries on the alveoli • Carbon Dioxide diffuses into the lungs from the red blood cells in the capillaries on the alveoli Smokers beware: http://www.airqualitytips.com/103/still_smoking_watch_this/

  13. Digestive System

  14. Digestive System • http://kidshealth.org/kid/htbw/_bfs_DSmoviesource.html (Go to separate slide show) • Overview • The digestive system breaks down food into portions (nutrients) small enough to be absorbed into the blood • Different parts of the system break down different types of food • Each part of the system has a fairly specific function • The SHAPE of each organ directly affects its function

  15. Circulatory System

  16. Circulatory System • http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/circulatory-system/MM00636 • (Go to separate slide show) OVERVIEW • The function of the circulatory system is the move RESOURCES TO THE CELLS and WASTE AWAY FROM THE CELLS AND BODY • It also helps the immune system function properly (more later) • Oxygen enters the blood and Carbon Dioxide leaves the body at the lungs • Nutrients enter the body mostly at the small intestine • The points of exchange between other systems are at the thin walled capillaries, because this is where simple exchange can occur • This system consists of the heart and blood vessels (and body – lungs and intestines included) • Blood is under pressure and flows Away from the heart in Arteries • Blood is under less pressure and flows toward the heart in Veins

  17. TRANSPORT COMPARISON Flowering Plants and Trees Humans Blood transports OXYGEN and NUTRIENTS (and other things) to the cells of the body and carries waste away Blood is moved by the pumping heart muscle The respiratory system is designed to move gasses in and out of the blood The digestive system is designed to move nutrients into the blood • Phloem carries photosynthate from areas of high concentration to low concentration • Xylem carries water to cells through transpiration and bc of adhesion and cohesion • Respiration is regulated by guard cells on the leaves • No specialized digestive system

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