This assignment helps students better understand the mechanisms of chemiosmosis and ATP production in both photosynthesis and cellular respiration by comparative analysis. It also helps students understand photosynthesis by having them contrast the light reactions with the Calvin Cycle.
Answer the following two critical thinking questions, minimum 200-300 word essays, APA format for outside references if needed . Upload your answers as a Word document or PDF.
1. In photosynthesis, contrast the light reactions with the light independent reactions, in terms of goals, inputs, and outputs of each. Spatially where do they take place?
2. Compare the mechanism of ATP production in photosynthesis and cellular respiration (aerobic and anaerobic). State the differences and similarities.
