Chapter 7- Cell Respiration Flashcards

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Aerobic Respiration

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Oxygen is consumed as a reactant along the with the organic fuel

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Fermentation

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A partial degradation of sugars or other organic fuel that occurs without the use of Oxygen

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Cellular Respiration

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Includes both aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration

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Redox Reaction

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A chemical reaction where there is a transfer of electrons

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Oxidation

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The taking away of an electron from substance

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Reduction

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The gain of an electron in a substance

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NAD

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An electron carrier and a coenzyme that help in cellular respiration

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Reducing agent

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The electron donor in a redox reaction

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Oxidizing Agent

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The electron acceptor in a redox reaction

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Electron Transport Chain

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A sequence of electron carrier molecules that shuttles electrons down a series do redox reaction that realize energy to make ATP

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Glycolysis

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A process where glucose is broken down into two pyruvate molecules

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Citric Acid Cycle

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The breakdown of glucose is completed here and also called krebs cycle

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Oxidative Phoshorylation

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ATP derived from energy from redox reaction from etc

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Substrait Level Phosphorylation

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The enzyme catalyzed phosphorylation of ATP by direct transfer of a phosphate group to ADP

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Acetyl CoA

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Entry compound for Kreb cycle

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Cytochrome

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Iron containing protein that is a compound of the electron transport chain in prokaryotic cells

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ATP Synthase

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A complex of proteins near the etc that helps build ATP with the travel of H+ ions through it

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Chemiosmosis

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The process in which energy is stored in the form of a hydrogen ion gradient used to drive cellular work

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Proton Motor Force

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Potential energy generated by pumping H+ ions across a biological membrane during chemiosmosis

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Alcohol Fermentation

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Pyruvate is converted to ethanol in two steps

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Latic Acid Fermentation

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Pyruvate is reduced directly by NADH to form Lactic Acid, with no net release in CO2

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Obligate Anaerobes

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Carry out only fermentation and anaerobic respiration

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Facultative Anaerobes

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Carry out only aerobic respiration and only make as much ATP as they need

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Beta-oxidation

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Breaks down fatty acids into two carbon fragments which enter Krebs cycle