1. How does science influence the decisions made about social, economic, and political issues? What roles do society, politics, and economics play in science? 2. How do living systems follow the laws of conversation of mass and energy? How does photosynthesis show the conversation of mass and energy? How are food and oxygen produced during the process of photosynthesis? 3. What components are involved in the process of cellular respiration? What are the steps and structures in the process of cellular respiration? 4. How is matter recycled throughout the stages of the carbon cycle? How is energy transferred between stages of the carbon cycle? 5. What types of models can show the cycling of matter and energy?