cellular respiration Flashcards
ATP is made by adding _______ to an inorganic phosphate
ADP
NAD+ picks up electrons and hydrogen forming
NADH
most of the ATP made in cellular respiration is produced by _________ phosphorylation
oxidative
The energy available to a cell is contained in the
specific arrangement of electrons and the chemical bonds that hold an organic molecule together
The electrons start out in a molecule where they have -
more energy (glucose)
and end up in one where they have less
energy (water).
The reactions release energy in ______, and the cell stores some of the energy in ______.
small amounts, atp
The cell transfers energy from organic compounds to ___ by coupling ___________
chemical reactions to energy ______ ones.
atp, energy - releasing, storing
When the carbon-hydrogen bonds of glucose are broken,
electrons are ultimately transferred to
atmospheric oxygen.
Oxygen has a _____ tendency to attract electrons.
strong
The cell transfers energy by shuttling _______ from molecule to molecule
electrons
An electron loses potential energy when it _______ to oxygen.
“falls”
Throughout cellular respiration you will see _________ and ________ being transferred together.
electrons, hydrogen atoms
A coenzyme called _________ is used to carry electrons in redox reactions
NAD
a sequence of electron carriers form the electron ________ chain
Transport
is a gain of an electron
reduction
Energy released in the electron transport chain is used to pump ______ ions (H+) across a membrane
Hydrogen
Oxidative ___________ involves an electron transport chain and a process called chemiosmosis
Phosphorylation
_______ is a loss of an electron
Loses
Pyruvic acid oxidation and the _____ acid cycle make up the second stage of cellular respiration
Citric
oxygen is _____ In a redox reaction in cellular respiration
reduced
in your cells the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation occur in organelles called
mitochondria
________ is short for oxidation reduction
Redox
a molecule is reduced when it _____ an electron
gains
most cells make most of their ATP via a process that involves an electron transport chain and a process called
chemiosmosis
A _____ enzyme strips hydrogen atoms from organic molecules
Dehydrogenase
ATP ________ are protein complexes that use energy from a gradient of ion concentration to make ATP
Synthesis
phosphorylation is adding a ________ group to ADP to make it ATP
Carrier
The process of _____ is the first stage of cellular respiration
Glycolysis
redox reaction stands for
oxidation - reduction reaction
in cellular respiration, _______ is oxidized, __________ is reduced
glucose, oxygen
The enzyme dehydrogenase _________ electrons from _______ molecules and
transfers them to the coenzyme ______
removes, glucose, NAD+
_________ are necessary to oxidize glucose and other foods.
enzymes
____ delivers electrons to a series of electron carriers in an electron transport chain
NADH
NAD+ is an import enzyme in oxidizing -
glucose
NAD+ accepts ______, and becomes reduced to _______
electrons, NADH
As electrons move from carrier to carrier,
their energy is released in small quantities
Electrons move from carrier to carrier by alternating ________ and _________ reactions.
oxidation, reduction
When the electrons reach the bottom of the hill (O2), they have _______ most of their energy.
lost
As the electrons gradually lose energy when they go down the hill, the energy lost is used to make ____
ATP
The electron transport works because each molecule in the chain has a ____________ ___________ for the electrons.
greater affinity
If 02 is reduced in one step it results in a
explosion
Electron transport chains are embedded in membranes in the -
mitochondria
two mechanisms generate ATP,
oxidative phosphorylation and substrate - level phosphorylation
in oxidative phosphorylation, cells use the energy released by “falling” electrons to pump ________ across a membrane
H+ ions
in oxidative phosphorylation the energy of the gradient is harnessed by ATP synthase to make ATP by the process of -
chemiosmosis
in substrate level phosphorylation ATP can also be made by transferring
phosphate groups from organic molecules to ________
ADP
ATP synthase uses _______ ________ to make ATP
gradient energy
_____________ (chewing) and __________ start the breakdown of your food.
Mechanical activity, enzyme activity
___________ are absorbed from your large intestine into your bloodstream.
sugars
With the help of ____________, sugars leave your blood and enter your cells to be converted to __________
insulin, energy