Pech's MP2 Blog Entry #8

In class this week, we were finishing up the diffusion and osmosis lab and cellular respiration lab. During the lab, we learned that diffusion is the process in which the particles move from a higher concentration to a lower concentration. There are three types of diffusion, hypotonic, hypertonic and isotonic. In a hypotonic process is when the cell absorb too much water causing the cell to expand and explode. In a hypertonic process is when too water come out from the cell causing the cell to shrink. In an isotonic process is when they both balance out.
In the cellular respiration, it is the process that create energy and there are three steps which consists of glycolysis, kreb's cycle, and oxidative phosphorytation. In the glycolysis process, they yeild 2 ATP, while in the Kreb's cycle, they also yeild 2 ATP but it releases the carbon dioxide. In the oxidative phosphorytation, it yeild 34 ATP. In total, there are 38 ATP in the prokaryotic cell, and 36 ATP in the eukaryotic cell.
We also talked about the process of photosynthesis, which consisted of the Light reaction and the Calvin cycle.