Cellular Respiration

Question 1

calorie

Answer 1

amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius

Question 2

cellular respiration

Answer 2

process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen

Question 3

aerobic

Answer 3

process that requires oxygen

Question 4

anaerobic

Answer 4

process that does not require oxygen

Question 5

glycolysis

Answer 5

first set of reactions in cellular respiration during which a molecule of glucose (a 6-carbon compound) is broken into 2 molecules of pyruvic acid (a 3-carbon compound)

Question 6

NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide)

Answer 6

electron carrier involved in glycolysis

Question 7

Krebs Cycle

Answer 7

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

Question 8

matrix

Answer 8

innermost compartment of the mitochondrion

Question 9

fermentation

Answer 9

process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen