Bio 141 3/6/14 Quiz Questions

Question 1

What is the process that converts glucose to pyruvate, generating a small amount of ATP and NADH?

Answer 1

Glycolysis

Question 2

What is produced during the citric acid cycle?

Answer 2

NADH and FADH2

Question 3

The role of oxygen gas in our cells is to…

Answer 3

accept electrons from electron transport chain

Question 4

During oxidative phosphorylation kines-osmotic generation or ATP is driven by…

Answer 4

flow of protons though ATP synthase in to the matrix

Question 5

Plants are green because

Answer 5

chlorophyll absorbs every wave length of light except green

reflects green light

Question 6

Which early step of cellular respiration produces CO2? glycolysis or pyruvate oxidation

Answer 6

pyruvate oxidation

Question 7

In what part of the cell does the citric acid cycle happen?

Answer 7

mitochondrial matrix

Question 8

Reduced form: NAD+ or NADH

Answer 8

NADH

Question 9

What gets pumped across a membrane by proteins in the electron transport chain?

Answer 9

Protons, H+, Hydrogen ions

all the same

Question 10

How many carbon atoms are in glucose?

Answer 10

6