10.2 Vocab

Question 1

Glycolysis

Answer 1

First set of reactions in cellular respiration during which a molecule of glucose is broken into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid

Question 2

NAD+

Answer 2

Electron carrier involved in glycolysis

Question 3

Krebs Cycle

Answer 3

Second stage of cellular respiration in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions

Question 4

Matrix

Answer 4

Innermost compartment of the mitochondria