Chapter 7 Flashcards
Cellular Respiration
Take in energy from the environment and convert it into a form that cells can use
Cellular respiration
Strip an electron from an atom in a compound
Oxidation
Add the electron to another compound
Reduction
The combined effects of concentration and electrical gradients across a semipermeable membrane
chemiosmosis
requires oxygen
aerobic
doesnt require oxygen
anaerobic
uses oxygen if present but can switch to fermentation if needed
facultative aerobe
when cells use an organic molecule other than oxygen as an electron acceptor to recycle NAD+
fermentation
The series of reactions that producers and consumers use to extract energy from the bonds of sugar molecules is called…?
Cellular respiration
What is a redox reaction?
Oxidation and reduction reactions occur together
How does the cell harness transfer energy through redox reactions?
The removal of an electron from a molecule results in a decrease in potential energy in that molecule; shifting the electron to a different compound increases the potential energy of the second compound
What happens to the potential chemical energy in a molecule when electrons are added or removed?
When an electron is removed, the potential energy decreases; when it is added, the energy increases
What are electron carriers? Name two examples.
Compounds that readily accept and donate electrons; NAD and FAD
From what group of molecules are most electron carriers derived?
B vitamin group
What is NAD? Where does it come from? What is its oxidized/reduced form?
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; derived from Vitamin B3; oxidized=NAD+; reduced=NADH
What is FAD? Where does it come from? What is its oxidized/reduced form?
Flavin adenine dinucleotide; derived from Vitamin B2; oxidized-FAD+; Reduced=FADH2
What is a reducing agent? What is an oxidizing agent?
A compound that reduces another is called a reducing agent and a compound that oxidizes another is called an oxidizing agent
How does glucose enter a cell if it is to be used in cellular respiration?
Secondary active transport against a concentration gradient; integral proteins called GLUT proteins (glucose transport proteins) through a form of facilitated diffusion
What are the four major steps of cellular respiration?
Glycolysis, Oxidation of Pyruvate, Citric acid cycle, Oxidative phosphorylation
Which of the four steps require oxygen? Which do not?
Oxidative phosphorylation requires energy and the other three do not
–Where does glycolysis take place?
Cytoplasm in eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
Gycolysis –What is the starting molecule(s)?
6-carbon glucose ring structue
Gycolysis–What is the end product(s)?
2 molecules of 3-carbon pyruvate sugars
Gycolysis–Where is energy required? How much is required?
Required in the first half; 2 ATP
Gycolysis–Where is energy produced? How much is produced?
Produced in the second half; 4 ATP