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1
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What is the function of the mitochondria?

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produce ATP by releasing energy from glucose molecules

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2
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Where does protein synthesis take place

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ribosomes

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3
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What do enzymes do?

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  • lower activation energy for reaction
  • alter the rate of metabolic reactions
  • are not consumed or changed as a result of the reactions they control
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4
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why are enzymes needed to promote metabolic reactions in the body

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the temp in cells is not high enough to promote the increase in chemical reaction rates

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5
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how can enzymes be denatured

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  • heat and radiation
  • chemicals and extremes of pH
  • electricity
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6
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what are two examples of an anabolic reaction

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  • the making of proteins
  • the making of a disaccharide from monosaccharides
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7
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what are the nitrogen bases found in DNA

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  • Adenine
  • guanine
  • cytosine
  • thymine
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8
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DNA is composed of approximately 3 billion _____

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nucleotide pairs

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9
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the DNA of a cell is replicated during _____

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s stage of the cell cycle

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10
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In DNA replication, hydrogen bonds between DNA nucleotides are broken and the DNA is unzipped by _____

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Helicase

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11
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In DNA replication new strands of DNA are produced by this enzyme

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DNA polymerase

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12
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In creating a DNA complementary strand to the DNA template, adenine always binds with

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thymine

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13
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in cellular respiration, where does aerobic cellular respiration take place?

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mitochondria of a cell

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14
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How many ATP are produced in the citric acid cycle?

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2

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15
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what is created during glycolysis

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  • 2 NADH
  • net 2 ATP
  • high energy electrons
  • 2 pyruvic acids
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16
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what is the first step of changing glucose into 2 pyruvate molecules called?

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glycolysis

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17
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in cellular respiration, carbon dioxide is produced during…

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citric acid cycle

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18
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how many ATP does glycolysis produce

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net gain of 2

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19
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Where is most of the ATOP produced as a result of cellular respiration?

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during the etc

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20
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In cellular respiration, the electron transport chain happens in the ____

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mitochondria

21
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During protein synthesis, the actual assembling of proteins takes place…

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at the ribosome in the cytoplasm of a cell

22
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What is the starter codon for the process of protein synthesis?

23
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The process of copying a gene of DNA into mRNA is called

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transcription

24
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The enzyme responsible for breaking the hydrogen bonds between DNA nucleotides for the formation of mRNA is

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RNA polymerase

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During the translation of protein synthesis mRNA is translated (read) by:
t-RNA with anticodon
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small DNA segments copied during DNA replication because they are on the lagging strand and run opposite to the leading strand are called?
okazaki fragments
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As a result of mitosis what is produced?
2 new diploid nuclei
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in which stage of mitosis do chromosomes first appear
prophase
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in mitosis the new nuclei made at the end of telophase have...
the exact same DNA information in each nucleus
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which stage of meiosis does crossing-over happen?
Prophase I
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What is produced as a result of meiosis II and then cytokinesis
4 new non-identical haploid cells
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in meisos, at the end of telophase I, the new nuclei have
46 chromosomes inside each nuclei
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the nucelai produced as a result of meiosis will go into...
gametes
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Translation is when...
mRNA is read by tRNA to assemble a protein
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What are the stop codons in protein synthesis
UAA, UAG and UGA
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On mRNA, a series of 3 nucleotides in sequence is called a ___
codon
35
In cellular respiration, water is produced in which step?
etc
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the final acceptor of electrons in cellular respiration is ...
oxygen
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_____ carries the information copied from a gene on the DNA to the ribosome to produce a specific protein
messenger RNA (mRNA)
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How many ATP are produced during the citric acid cycle?
2
39
is glycolysis aerobic or anaerobic?
anaerobic
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is the synthesizing of nucleic acids catabolic or anabolic?
anabolic
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what can be broken down to produce ATP
carbohydrates fats and proteins
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do most metabolic reactions in your body use energy (ATP)?
yes
43
In cellular respiration, cells can turn ___% of the energy released into ATP
75
44
cells "burn" glucose in a process called _____
oxidation
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Why is protein synthesis sometimes referred to as Gene Expression?
because a gene is the code for a protein, but the traits in this gene are not expressed unless the protein is made

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