{"id":2147,"date":"2016-05-13T20:10:39","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T20:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/biologyxwaymakerxmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=2147"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:44:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:44:53","slug":"why-it-matters-metabolic-pathways","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/chapter\/why-it-matters-metabolic-pathways\/","title":{"raw":"Why It Matters: Metabolic Pathways","rendered":"Why It Matters: Metabolic Pathways"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Why explain the metabolic pathways involved in the capture and release of energy in cells?<\/h2>\r\nEvery time you move\u2014or even breathe\u2014you're using energy. All living things are continually using energy; thus, they need a way to create or obtain new energy. Two of these ways are photosynthesis and cellular respiration.\r\n\r\nPlants (and other autotrophs) undergo photosynthesis to create energy. Humans (and other heterotrophs) on the other hand must consume something that has energy (like plants or other animals)\u2014we take this energy and convert it into\u00a0a form our body can use. This process is known as cellular respiration.\r\n\r\nWatch this 5 minute video for an overview of why even small changes in the global climate have the potential for big impacts on our daily lives through our food sources.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXt33aNVAFc\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What role does farming play in giving us energy to use every day?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How do plants get energy to grow, and how do we then get our energy from them?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nOk, let\u2019s see where we get all the energy to stay awake during biology class!","rendered":"<h2>Why explain the metabolic pathways involved in the capture and release of energy in cells?<\/h2>\n<p>Every time you move\u2014or even breathe\u2014you&#8217;re using energy. All living things are continually using energy; thus, they need a way to create or obtain new energy. Two of these ways are photosynthesis and cellular respiration.<\/p>\n<p>Plants (and other autotrophs) undergo photosynthesis to create energy. Humans (and other heterotrophs) on the other hand must consume something that has energy (like plants or other animals)\u2014we take this energy and convert it into\u00a0a form our body can use. This process is known as cellular respiration.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this 5 minute video for an overview of why even small changes in the global climate have the potential for big impacts on our daily lives through our food sources.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Withering Crops\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AXt33aNVAFc?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What role does farming play in giving us energy to use every day?<\/li>\n<li>How do plants get energy to grow, and how do we then get our energy from them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ok, let\u2019s see where we get all the energy to stay awake during biology class!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-2147\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Why It Matters: Metabolic Pathways. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Withering Crops -- Changing Planet. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: NBC News Learn. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXt33aNVAFc\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXt33aNVAFc<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Why It Matters: Metabolic Pathways\",\"author\":\"Shelli Carter and Lumen Learning\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Withering Crops -- Changing Planet\",\"author\":\"NBC News Learn\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AXt33aNVAFc\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard YouTube License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"9163ffa2-cdce-4cdf-990d-582c77fd44f5","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-2147","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":168,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6839,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2147\/revisions\/6839"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/168"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/2147\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=2147"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=2147"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-nmbiology1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=2147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}