Cellular Respiration

Question 1

During glycolysis, glucose is broken down into what 3 carbon compound?

Answer 1

Pyruvic Acid

Question 2

During the electron transport chain what is pumped from the matrix across the cristae membrane into the inner membrane space?

Answer 2

Hydrogen protons

Question 3

What molecule is the primary fuel for cellular respiration

Answer 3

Glucose

Question 4

What type of respiration can only occur in the presence of oxygen

Answer 4

Aerobic respiration

Question 5

In what part of the mitochondria does the Kreb’s cycle occur

Answer 5

Matrix

Question 6

What molecule serves as a source of immediate energy for cellular processes that require energy

Answer 6

Adenosine Triphosphate

Question 7

ATP is generated when hydrogen protons cause a rotor to spin as they flow across the cristae membrane through this enzyme

Answer 7

ATP synthase

Question 8

At the end of the electron transport chain, low-energy hydrogen electrons and hydrogen protons are combined with oxygen to form this end product

Answer 8

Water

Question 9

What is the nitrogen base that is found in molecules of ADP and ATP

Answer 9

Adenine

Question 10

The energy transformation that converts the energy held in molecules of glucose to molecules of ATP is called?

Answer 10

Respiration

Question 11

What molecule serves as the final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain

Answer 11

Oxygen

Question 12

In the absence of oxygen, muscle cells may convert pyruvic acid into what compound

Answer 12

Lactic acid

Question 13

What stage of cellular respiration produces hydrogen atoms, ATP, and carbon dioxide

Answer 13

Kreb’s Cycle

Question 14

What type of fermentation produces carbon dioxide which causes bread dough to ride

Answer 14

Alcoholic

Question 15

The addition or removal of what molecule determines whether energy is stored or released

Answer 15

Phosphate

Question 16

In what stage of respiration does glucose convert to pyruvic acid

Answer 16

Glycolysis

Question 17

Acetate is joined with oxaloacetic acid to form what 6-carbon compound?

Answer 17

Citric Acid

Question 18

A large number of high energy hydrogen electrons are delivered to the electron transport chain in this form

Answer 18

NADH

Question 19

The energy generation from what process is used to pump hydrogen protons across a membrane, generating a high concentration proton gradient

Answer 19

Electron Transport Chain

Question 20

This folding and looping membrane increases the surface area for cellular respiration

Answer 20

Cristae

Question 21

What is the cellular organelle where aerobic respiration takes place

Answer 21

Mitochondria

Question 22

During the oxidation, or break down, of pyruvic acid, what compounds is given off as a waste product

Answer 22

Carbon Dioxide

Question 23

What type of respiration occurs in the absence of oxygen

Answer 23

Fermentation

Question 24

Anaerobic respiration takes place in this part of the cell

Answer 24

Cytoplasm

Question 25

What is the total number of ATP that can be generated from one molecule of ATP

Answer 25

38

Question 26

Glycolysis does not require oxygen and is said to be…

Answer 26

Anaerobic

Question 27

This is the type of sugar that is found in an ADP or ATP molecule

Answer 27

Ribose