Chapter 5.3 Flashcards
What does photosynthesis do to carbon dioxide?
Reduces it to glucose
How do plants reduce glucose?
Electrons and hydrogen ions are chemically added to carbon dioxide to produce high energy glucose molecules
What does cellular respiration do to glucose?
Releases the energy in glucose
How does cellular respiration release the energy in glucose?
By oxidizing glucose to carbon dioxide. Electrons and hydrogen ions are removed releasing energy
What is produced in cellular respiration?
Energy, Carbon Dioxide and Water
Which organisms carry out aerobic cellular respiration?
Organisms that live in oxic (oxygen containing conditions)
What is aerobic cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration that requires oxygen to produce ATP
What types of organisms carry out Aerobic Cellular respiration?
Animals, Plants, and many types of Fungi, Protists and Bacteria
What is anaerobic cellular respiration?
Cellular respiration that does not require oxygen to produce ATP
What type of environment does anaerobic cellular respiration take place in?
Environments that are anoxic (no-oxygen)
Which organisms carry out anaerobic cellular respiration?
Some types of bacteria and members of archaea
What is a third pathway for releasing energy from food sources?
Fermentation
What type of process is fermentation?
Anaerobic, but it is not technically classified this way
Where does fermentation occur in animals?
In the muscle cells
What type of reaction is Aerobic Cellular Respiration?
An oxidation reaction
What happens in Aerobic Cellular Respiration?
A series of enzyme-catalyzed reactions transfer electrons from high energy molecules (glucose) to oxygen
Why does cellular respirations begin with?
Glycolysis
Where does Glycolysis occur?
In the cytoplasm of cells
Does Glycolysis require oxygen?
No, it occurs without oxygen is is anaerobic
What does Glycolysis generate?
A small amount of ATP
What is the product of Glycolysis?
A molecule called pyruvate which contains a large amount of energy
What happens when oxygen is not available to Eukaryotic cells when pyruvate is produced?
Then it proceeds to the process of fermentations
What happens to pyruvate when sufficient oxygen is available?
It is transported from the cytoplasm to the mitochondria
What is the functions of Krebs cycle?
Transform the energy in glucose ito reducing power if molecules called NADH and FADH2
What do NADH and FADH2 supply?
High energy electrons to an electron transport system that produces ATP.
What is the role of Glycolysis?
To split glucose into 2 molecules of pyruvate
Why is ATP used at the start of glycolysis?
Energy must be added to start the series of reactions
What type of molecule is pyruvate?
A 3 carbon molecule