Cellular respiration Flashcards
Cellular respiration uses ______ to produce ATP
glucose
Cellular respiration is used by ___________.
heterotrophs
What are heterotrophs?
Organisms that cannot produce their own food
During cellular respiration glucose is broken down by what process?
glycolysis
What happens after glycolysis?
citric acid cycle (krebs cycle)
What happens after the citric acid (krebs cycle)?
electron transport chain
During cellular respiration processes what is used up and what are by products?
oxygen is used up; water and carbon dioxide are by products
What is the process green plants and certain bacteria use to synthesis glucose?
photosynthesis
In photosynthesis sunlight is trapped by the pigment…
chlorophyll
The organelle that carries out photosynthesis is called…
chloroplast
What is an organism that is able to produce its own food?
autotroph
Most ________ use photosynthesis to live.
autotrophs
What happens during photosynthesis?
carbon dioxide + water + sunlight converted to glucose and oxygen
What happens during cellular respiration?
glucose + oxygen converted to carbon dioxide, water, and energy
