Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

Amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 g of water by 1°C

Answer 1

calorie

Question 2

Process that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen

Answer 2

Cellular respiration

Question 3

Process that requires oxygen

Answer 3

Aerobic

Question 4

Process that does not require oxygen

Answer 4

Anaerobic

Question 5

First set of reactions in cellular respiration during which a molecule of glucose is broken down into two molecules of pyruvic acid

Answer 5

Glycolysis

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Krebs cycle

Question 7

Electron carrier involved in glycolysis

Answer 7

NAD^+

Question 8

Innermost compartment of the mitochondrion

Answer 8

Matrix

Question 9

Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen

Answer 9

Fermentation

Question 10

Placed on food packages (kilocalorie) - large calorie

Answer 10

Calorie

Question 11

Coenzyme that acts as an electron carrier and cellular respiration, accepting electrons during metabolic reactions through various metabolic pathways; can carry up to a single set of electrons

Answer 11

NADH - 1 hydrogen

Question 12

Coenzyme that act as an electron carrier in cellular respiration; good for DNA repair; can carry up to 1-2 electron pairs

Answer 12

FAD - 2 hydrogen + 2 electrons

Question 13

Coenzyme involved in cellular respiration; involved in fatty acid biosynthesis pathway

Answer 13

FAD2