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Exam 3_Chapter 6 Cellular Respiration:Obtaining Energy From Food (go back to page 97, to understand) Flashcards

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1
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What does every cell require in cellular respiration?

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oxygen

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When there is enough oxygen reaching muscles to support need it’s anaerobic or aerobic?

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Aerobic

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If you work harder and exced the demand for oxygen your muscle can use, then this is called?

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anaerobic

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the energy of sunlight is converted to the chemical energy of sugars and other molecules called?

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photosynthesis

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where does photosynthesis take place?

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in chloroplasts of plants and algae, some prokaryotes

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plants and other autotrophs are referred to as?

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producers

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Heterotrophs are referred as?

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consumers?

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what does cellular respiration do?

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uses O2 to convert sugar chemical energy bonds to ATP

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9
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What are the waste products of cellular respiration

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CO2 and H2O

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10
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Do plants do cellular resp?

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Si

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What does respiration mean?

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Breathing

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12
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Cellular respiration isn’t an aerobic process. T or F?

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False

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13
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Does aerobic processes require oxygen?

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Yes

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The aerobic harvesting of chemical energy from organic fuel molecules is called

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cellular respiration

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15
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Cellular respiration constitutes every metabolic pathways for nearly every Eukarytoic cell. True or False

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True

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what 3 main stages are a part of cellular respspiration?

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glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and electron transport

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A molecule of glucose is split into two molecules of a compound called pyruvic acid is called?

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Glycolysis

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18
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Where are the enzymes for glycolysis located?

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The cytoplasm

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19
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Completes the breakdown of glucose all the way to CO2

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Citric acid cycle

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Where are the enyzmes located that are used for the citric acid cycle?

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mitochondria

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What is NAD+?

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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; a molecule made form niacin

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The electron transfer forms a molecule called?

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NADH

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How does the electron transport chain work?

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electrons captured from food by NADH until finally combined with Oxygen to form water

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24
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How many ATP molecules are produced from cellular respiration.

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32 ATP

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25
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what stage of c. r. take place outside mitochondria?

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Gylcolysis

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26
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what stage of c.r takes place inside mitoc.

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citric acid cycle and electron transport chain

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what does glycolysis mean?

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splitting of sugar

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What happens during glycolysis?

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six carbon glucose molecules broken in half forming 2 3-carbon molecules but requires 2 ATP

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What’s the 2nd step of glycolysis?

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3 carbon molecules donate electrons to NAD+ forming NADH

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30
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When enzymes transfer phosphate groups molecules to ADP from fuel molecules, how many ATP molecules are made and how?

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4

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What’s the profit of ATP in glycolysis?

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2 ATP molecules

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32
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what are the remains after glycolysis is achieved?

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2 Pyruvic acid molecules

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33
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What must happen to pyruvic acid before it’s used in the citric acid cycle?

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lt’s groomed and loses a carbon atom, leading to CO2

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The remaining 2-carbon molecules are called after pyruvic acid loses a carbon are __?

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Acetic acid

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35
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What happens to the acetic acid in the citric acid cycle?

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their electrons are stripped and transfered to NAD+ forming NADH

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36
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What happens to the acetic acid after it’s been stripped of its electrons are used to make NADH.

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they are attached to a Coenzyme A to form acetyl CoA

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37
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What is Coenzyme A (CoA)?

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Vitamin B Pantothenic acid

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38
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Electrons are transferred from glucose molecules to ___? in the citric acid cycle.

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NAD+

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In the citric acid cycle, NAD+ gets converted to what?

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NADH

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40
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What is acetic acid and an acceptor molecule converted into in the citric acid cycle?

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to Citric acid!!

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41
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For every acetic acid molecule that enters the cycle as fuel, how many molecules of CO2 exit as waste?

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2

42
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Two molecules of what compound are produced by glycolysis?

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Pyruvic acid

43
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Does pyruvic acid enter the citric acid cycle?

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No, it must be converter to acetic acid

44
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Pyruvic acid must travel from the ___, where glycolysis takes place, to the ___, where the citric acid cycle takes place.

A

cytoplasm, mitochondria

45
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The citric acid cycle captures much more energy in the form ___?

A

of NADH and FADH2

46
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How many times does the citric acid cycle occur for each glucose molecule that fuels the cell?

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twice

47
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What happens to the NADH in the citric acid cycle?

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They send two electrons in the electron transport chain.

48
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What does glucose in food molecules transfer to NAD+?

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electrons

49
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What is NADH used for in the electron transport chain for mitochondrias?

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releases 2 electrons to a series of electron carrier molecules aka the Electron Transport Chain

50
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After the electrons bounce through the electron transport chain in cell. resp. what happens next?

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uses it to make ATP

51
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The first molecule of electron transport chain accepts what?

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Electrons from NADH

52
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Where does NADH get its electrons from?

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Glucose and food molecules

53
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What does oxygen do specifically in cellur. respir.?

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it pull down the electrons, sort of like gravity, from top to bottom, the electrons travel down the e.t. chain.

54
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what are the electron grabbers called in cel. resp.?

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oxygen, really…

55
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what is formed after the electrons complete the electron transport chain?

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water

56
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how is ATP created in the electron transport chain?

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As electrons tranfer from top to bottom of the electron transport chain, they release small amounts of energy which go into making ATP, almost like a wind generator.

57
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where are the molecules of the transport chains built in cellular respiration?

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in the inner membranes of the mitochondria

58
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why are mitochondria inner membranes folded?

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so they can accomodate for more surface area and over 1000’s of electron transport chains

59
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Why is the fall of electrons through the e.t.c important. Like what occurs as it’s doing that?

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It causes a shift in the hydrogen atoms across the inner membrane of the mitochondria, creating potential energy.

60
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What is the hydrogen used for in the c.r.?

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it’s used to combine with oxygen to make water

61
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what does the inner membrane of the mitochondria do to Hydrogen atoms?

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it temporarily “dams” them from losing potential energy, similar to a water dam

62
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What are atp synthase?

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proteins adjacent to electron transport chain that help create ATP

63
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What do NADH and FADH2 do?

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transfer electrons down the electron transport chain.

64
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What does H+ do?

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rushes back down the membrane through ATP synthase

65
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What does ATP synthase do?

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helps attach phosphate group to ADP

66
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How does cyanide kill organism?

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blocking the flow of electrons to oxygen, thus no H+ gradient

67
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What is the potential energy source that drives ATP production by ATP synthase?

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a concentration gradient of H+ across the inner membrane of a mitochondrion.

68
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How many ATP molecules is produced from the electron transport chain?

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28

69
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How many atp do glycolysis and the citric acid cycle contribute?

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2 ATP total.

70
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which molecules supplies the electrons in the electron transport chain?

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NADH or FADH2

71
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What other fuels can be used besides glucose in cel. resp.?

A

Fat and proteins

72
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What does Anaerobic mean?

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without oxygen

73
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The anaerobic harvest of food energy is called

A

fermentation

74
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What does fermentation rely on?

A

Glycolysis?

75
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Why is anaerobic inefficient?

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because it only produce 2 ATP molecules, and consumes much more glucose

76
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In anaerobic cellular respiration, how does glycolysis get its NAD+ if it can’t get it from the electron transport chain?

A

It gets it when leftover NADH transfers its electron to pyruvic acid in glycolysis. Allowing for NAD+

77
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The addition of electrons to pyruvic acid is called ___?

A

lactic acid

78
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Where does lactic acid go after it’s created in cellular respiration?

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It go to the liver where it gets converted back to pyruvic acid

79
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Does glycolysis need oxygen to make ATP

A

NO

80
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What molecules does glycolysis need to function and produce ATP

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NAD+

81
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In an anaerobic environment, yeast cells converter sugars into ___?

A

Ethyl alcohol

82
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Yeast is capable of ___ and ___?

A

cellular respiration and fermentation

83
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When fermenting bread, what is the by product of it?

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CO2 and ethyl alcohol

84
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What is the primary thing that happens in glycolysis?

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splitting of glucose into pyruvic acid

85
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What energy ATP process was used by the first prokaryotes primarily?

A

Glycolysis

86
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Autotrophs make organic molecules from inorganic molecules through a process called ___?

A

photosynthesis

87
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Heterotrophs consume organic matter and convert it to energy through a process called ___?

A

cellular respiration

88
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The molecules outputs of cellular respiration and the molecular inputs of photosynthesis are what two molecules?

A

H20 and CO2

89
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How many oxygen is required in the beginning of cellular respiration?

A

6 oxygen

90
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What are the end products after 1 glucose molecule gets converted in cell. resp.?

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6CO2 and 6H2O and 32 ATP molecules

91
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During glycolysis, what happens to glucose when its split apart?

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creates 2 pyruvic acids, 2 molecules of ATP, 2 high energy electrons stored in NADH

92
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What happens during the citric acid cycle? Name 3 things

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remaining glucose molecules converter to CO2, electrons are transferred to NADH and FADH2, and some ATP produced

93
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What does the electron transport chain use the high energy electrons for?

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pumping it through the et chain, causing a build up of H+ ions across the inner membrane, then handing them off to Oxygen producing water.

94
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How is ATP finally produced in electron transport chain?

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when backflow of H+ ions powers ATP synthase, forming ATP from ADP

95
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When muscle cells consume O2 faster than cellular respiration is being supplied, the system becomes. ___?

A

anaerobic

96
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What do the first two stages of cellular respiration primarily release?

A

high-energy electrons carried by NADH

97
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Which stage of cellular respiration produces the bulk of the ATP molecules?

A

The electron Transport stage

98
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Where does muscle cells get its ATP when anaerobic?

A

From fermentation through glycolysis

99
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What are the waste products of fermentation?

A

ethyl alcohol, lactic acid

100
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