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Series of redox reactions; produces ATP- The primary energy currency of cells

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Cellular respiration

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What is reduction

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Gain of an electron (GER)

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What is oxidation

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Loss of electron (LEO)

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True or false: mitochondria is a two membrane system

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True

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Space inside inner membrane; where citric acid cycle occurs

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Matrix

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A fold in inner membrane; gives the mitochondria it’s wrinkled shape; provides increased surface area for chemical reactions

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Cristae

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Between inner and outer membrane; where all the h+ accumulate

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Intermembrane space

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Two main electron carriers in aerobic cellular respiration

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NAD+ (Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide) and FAD (Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide)

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How many ATP are created through the process of aerobic cellular respiration from one molecule of glucose?

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36 ATP molecules

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True or false: ATP is generated through glycolysis

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True

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Two mechanisms for ATP synthesis

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Substrate level phosphorylation and Oxidative phosphorylation

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True or false: There are three main stages of aerobic cellular respiration

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True

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The three main stages of aerobic cellular respiration

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Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain

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Occurs in cytoplasm; ATP is generated here and this is the link reaction/conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-coa

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Glycolysis

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This occurs in the mitochondria matrix; citric acid cycle

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The Krebs cycle

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This occurs in the inner mitochondrial membrane; oxidative phosphorylation

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Electron transport chain

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Why is pyruvate oxidation necessary?

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It acts as the crucial link between glycolysis and the kreb cycle in cellular respiration

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Molecule/Central role in cell metabolism and energy production; metabolic intermediate, second messenger, signaling molecule, protein acetylation, fatty acid isoprenoid biosynthesis, and produced in mitochondria from glucose, lipid and amino acid catabolism

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Acetyl CoA

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A series of 4 protein complexes that couple redox reactions, creating an electrochemical gradient that leads to the creation of ATP and oxidative phosphorylation

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Electron transport chain

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The FINAL electron acceptor of aerobic cellular respiration

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Oxygen

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The process where ions move across a semi-perminal membrane down their concentration gradient

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Chemiosmosis

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The enzyme responsible for Chemiosmosis

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ATP synthase

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Through the activity of specific enzymes and key stops in the metabolic pathway

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How aerobic cellular respiration is regulated

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Two forms of fermentation

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Ethanol (yeast, wine, beer) and Lactic Acid (muscle/animal cells)

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True or false: electrons are transferred from NADH to pyruvate to produce lactic acid (kimchi, pickles, cheese)

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True

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This uses oxygen to completely break down glucose; producing a large amount of ATP

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Aerobic respiration

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This occurs without oxygen; breaks down glucose partially and produces significantly less ATP

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Anaerobic and Fermentation

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If fat’s have more calories per gram, why is glucose a preferred substrate for aerobic cellular respiration?

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It can be readily broken down and utilize by the body much faster

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Breaks down; hydrolysis; decomposition

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Catabolic

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30
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Builds up; dehydration; synthesis

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Anabolic

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True or false: Cells store and retrieve energy by making and breaking chemical bonds in the metabolic reactions

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True

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Energy required to destabilize existing bonds and initiate a chemical reaction

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Activation energy

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High energy, unstable state (an intermediate form between substrate and product)

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Transition state

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True or false: Enzymes function to reduce activation energy

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True

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Cannot violate laws of thermodynamics

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Catalysts (enzymes)

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Cannot make an endergonic reaction spontaneous by adding an enzyme

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Catalysts

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Does not alter the proportion of reactant turned into product

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Catalysts

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Shape of enzyme stabilizes a temporary association between substrates

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Enzymes (proteins)

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39
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CO2 + H2O >< H2CO3

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Carbonic Anhydrase

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40
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Co2 + H2O

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Carbon dioxide and water

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H2CO3

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Carbonic acid

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True or false: enzymes particular substrates bind at its active sites

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True

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When conditions aren’t met, hydrogen bonds break and the enzyme changes shape and stops working

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Denaturation

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How does an enzyme denature

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By unfolding and becoming non-functional

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45
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The main purpose of first 3 stages of Cellular Respiration

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NAD+ & NADH

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46
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True or false: a hydrogen ion (H+) that is neutral, has 1 proton and 1 electron. If that electron is lost what is left is called a proton/hydrogen ion

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True

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47
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With regard to aerobic cellular respiration, The complete oxidation of glucose proceeds in 4 stages:

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Glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation

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48
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Requires oxygen In addition of the phosphate group

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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49
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Two parts of oxidative phosphorylation

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Electron transport chain and chemiosmosis

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50
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Functions to create a gradient of protons for hydrogen ions

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Electron transport chain

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51
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Uses an enzyme called ATP synthase to use that proton gradient to phosphorolize ADP into ATP

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Chemiosmosis

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52
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Formula for aerobic cellular respiration

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C(6)H(12)O(6) (glucose) + (6)O2&raquo_space;» (6)CO2 (carbon dioxide) + (6) H2O (water) + (36) ATP (energy)

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True or false: glycolysis starts in the cytosol (outside the powerhouse of the cell/ mitochondria.

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True

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True or false: glycolysis is a series of 10 different steps or reactions

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True

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True or false: The end product of glycolysis is pyruvate

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True

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56
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True or false: pyruvate cannot get into the mitochondria and cannot start the citric acid cycle (Krebs Cycle)

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True

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True or false: In order for the pyruvate to get into the mitochondria, it goes through a pyruvate oxidation

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True

58
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True or false: pyruvate oxidation is how we create the starting substrate for the Krebs cycle

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True

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True or false: glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation and Krebs cycle create electron carriers that deliver high energy electrons to our electron transport chain

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True

60
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True or false: proteins (enzymes) are embedded in the inner folds along the Cristae/mitochondria

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True

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True or false: The majority of the ATP produced in the aerobic cellular respiration is produced by the ATP synthase

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True

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Where a cell directly generates ATP by transferring a phosphate group from a high energy molecule (substrate) to ADP

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Substrate level phosphorylation

63
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How cells generate most of their energy by using oxygen to convert food into usable energy

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Oxidative phosphorylation

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Types of carriers used in cellular respiration

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Soluble, membrane-bound molecules that move within the membrane

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True or false: All electron carriers can be reversibly oxidized and reduced

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True

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True or false: some electron carriers carry just electrons, some electrons and protons (H+)

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True

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True or false: NAD+ acquires two electrons (e-) and a proton (H+) to become NADH

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True

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True or false: FAD acquires 2 protons (H+) and 2 electrons (e-) to become FADH2

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True

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True or false: In the first series of steps of aerobic cellular respiration, NADH & FADH2 Will be produced and will deliver high energy electrons that originally came from food, to the electron transport chain

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True

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True or false: NAD+ and FAD (oxidized state) when ready to accept or gain electrons they become NADH and FADH2

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True

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As electrons are passed down the electron transport chain, they lose energy. What happens to that energy?

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The energy they lose is used to pump protons across a membrane, creating a proton gradient which then drives the synthesis of ATP through ATP synthase

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What enzyme produces ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi) using the flow of protons along their concentration gradient?

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ATP synthase

73
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Membrane-bound enzyme that harnesses energy from a proton gradient to drive the synthesis of ATP by combining ADP and inorganic phosphate

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ATP synthase

74
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Chemically adding a phosphate group to an organic molecule

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Phosphorylation

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Chemically removing a phosphate group

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Dephosphorylation

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Occurs during glycolysis and citric acid cycle

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Substrate level phosphorylation

77
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ATP synthase uses energy from a proton gradient to make ATP from ADP and Pi

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Oxidative phosphorylation

78
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Proton gradient created by the electron transport chain

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Oxidative phosphorylation

79
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How much ATP is produced when one molecule of glucose goes through all stages of aerobic cellular respiration?

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36 ATP molecules: combining ATP produced during glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle (citric acid cycle) and the electron transport chain with oxidative phosphorylation

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Five examples of lactic acid fermentation

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Yogurt, kimchi, pickles, sourdough bread, sauerkraut. Note: (muscles in humans)

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Five examples of ethanol fermentation

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Wine, beer, bread making (yeast), biofuel from corn, fruit juices to produce alcoholic beverages

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Terms related to Catabolism

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Decomposition, polymer»monomers, hydrolysis, cools environment, exagonic, break down of carrot in compost

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Terms related to Anabolism

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Synthesis, monomers»polymers, dehydration, warms environment, endergonic, growing a carrot in a garden

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What ATP synthesis does

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Chemiosmosis

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Glycolysis (10 steps)

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Converts 1 Glucose (C (6)H(12)O(6)) to 2 Pyruvate (C(3)H(4)O(3)

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Glycolysis

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Net production of 2 ATP molecules by substrate level phosphorylation

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Glycolysis

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2 NADH produced by the reduction of NAD+

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Glycolysis

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Pyruvate Oxidation

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True or false: Pyruvate oxidation is how our pyruvate gets into the mitochondria; It creates coenzyme A (our starting substrate for citric acid cycle); recreates NADH (one for each pyruvate) = creating 2 for each glucose molecule molecule (The glucose is split into two pyruvate)

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True

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Occurs in The matrix of the mitochondria

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Citric acid cycle

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True or false: with regards to the citric acid cycle, for every two acetyl- CoA Entering (i.e. for each glucose), 6 NAD+ to 6 NADH reduced (per glucose molecule) & 2 FAD to 2 FADH2 reduced & 2 ATP produced by substrate level phosphorylation

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True

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Glucose Yield

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Series of men bearing bound proteins that serve as electron carriers embedded in the inner mitochondria membrane

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Electron transport chain (ETC)

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True or false: Electrons from NADH and FADH2 are delivered to the electron transport chain

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True

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True or false: The electron transport chain membrane-bound proteins also function as proton pumps

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True

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The Electrons (e-) carried when NAD+ is reduced to NADH and FAD is reduced to FADH2, are high energy electrons

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Electron energy

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True or false: reference steps of electron energy- electron from food moves from high energy, down the chain where energy is used to set up proton gradient for ATP production until it reaches low energy to Oxygen: 2 H+ & 1/2 O2= H2O (where we get our 6 H2O molecules and use 6 O2 molecules)

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True

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The ETC components are…

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Protein complexes, electron carriers, proton pumps

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Electron transport chain

101
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Three steps to cellular respiration

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Glycolysis, Krebs cycle (citric acid cycle), Electron transport chain & Chemiosmosis

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True or false: ADP has two phosphates but if it obtains a third phosphate it becomes ATP

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True

103
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Protons can travel through membranes through this enzyme

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ATP synthase

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True or false: when oxygen combines with two hydrogens you get H2O

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True

105
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True or false: more net ATP molecules are produced in the ETC and chemosis than in glycolysis in the Krebs cycle

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True

106
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If no oxygen is a is available some cells have the ability to form a process known as

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Fermentation

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The final electron acceptor at the end of the electron transport chain is

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Oxygen

108
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As electrons are passed down the electron transport chain, the energy of the electron is used by….

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To pump protons (H+) against their concentration gradient

109
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True or false: when protons are pumped against their concentration gradient, this produces low energy electrons at the end of the ETC. (from The matrix, through the inner membrane space)

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True

110
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Accumulation of protons in the intermembrane space drives protons into the matrix via diffusion since the membrane is relatively impermeable to ions.

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Chemiosmosis

111
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True or false: since the membrane is relatively impermeable to ions, most protons must reenter the matrix through ATP synthase. ATP synthase uses energy of the proton gradient to make ATP from ADP + Pi. This process is called Chemiosmosis

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True

112
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Enzyme that synthesizes ATP using a tiny rotary motor driven by the proton (H+) gradient

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ATP synthase

113
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True or false: theoretically you can get 30 ATP per one glucose for eukaryotes

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True

114
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True or false: At the end of the electron transport chain, oxygen accepts 2 electrons, it binds with 2 hydrogen ions (H+) and forms water H2O (ie, when you breathe on a mirror and mist forms)

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True

115
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The complete oxidation of glucose proceeds in the following stages anaerobic cellular respiration:

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Glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorolation via electron transport chain and chemosis

116
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Single-celled microorganism classified as members of the fungus Kingdom

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Yeast

117
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Fruit sugar

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Fructose

118
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Table sugar

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Sucrose

119
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Milk sugar

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Lactose

120
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Milk sugar

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Lactose

121
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Relating to, measuring or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity

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Qualitative

122
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Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality

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Quantitative

123
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An organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide or other chemicals

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Producer s

124
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An organism that eats food to consume energy

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Consumer

125
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Requiring free oxygen

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Aerobic

126
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Without or in the absence of free oxygen

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Anaerobic

127
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What is the overall purpose of cellular respiration?

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To produce ATP. The primary energy currency of cells; A series of redox reactions

128
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What are the two mechanisms for ATP synthesis?

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Substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation

129
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When a cell directly generates ATP by transferring a phosphate group from high energy molecule substrate to ADP

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Substrate level phosphorylation

130
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How cells generate most of their energy by using oxygen to convert food into usable energy

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Oxidative phosphorylation

131
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What role do NAD+ and FAD play?

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They are coenzymes that act as electron carriers within cells, grabbing and transporting high energy electrons during cellular respiration; they equal an oxidized state when ready to accept or gain electrons and become NADH and FADH2 which equal reduced forms

132
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As electrons are passed down the electron transport chain, they lose energy. What happens to that energy?

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The energy they lose is used to pump protons across a membrane, creating a proton gradient which then drives the synthesis of ATP through ATP synthase

133
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What enzyme produces ATP from ADP and inorganic phosphate (Pi), using the flow of protons along their concentration gradient?

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ATP synthase

134
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Membrane-bound enzyme that harnesses energy from a proton gradient to drive the synthesis of ATP by combining ADP and inorganic phosphate

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ATP synthase

135
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How much ATP is produced when one molecule of glucose goes through all stages of aerobic cellular respiration?

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36

136
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True or false: 36 ATP molecules= combining ATP produced during glycolysis, the Krebs cycle or citric acid cycle and the electron transport chain with oxidative phosphorylation

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True

137
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Stages of cellular respiration

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Glycolysis, pyruvate oxidation, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation: w/electron transport chain and chemiosmosis

138
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Yogurt, kimchi, pickles, sourdough bread, cheese, sauerkraut and muscles are examples of what type of fermentation?

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Lactic acid

139
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Wine, beer, yeast, biofuel from corn, fruit juices to produce alcoholic beverages are what kind of fermentation?

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Ethanol or alcohol fermentation

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