Exam 4 Flashcards

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1
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What is the term for metabolic pathways that release stored energy by breaking down complex molecules?

A

Catabolic pathways

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2
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What is the term used for the metabolic pathway in which glucose is degraded in the presence of oxygen to carbon dioxide and water?

A

Cellular respiration

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3
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Which of the following statements are correct about an oxidation reduction reaction?

A

A and B are correct

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4
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Which statement is not correct with regard to redox reaction’s?

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A molecule is reduced if it loses electrons

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5
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The molecule that functions as the reducing agent and a redox or oxidation reduction reaction

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Loses electrons and loses energy

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6
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Which of the following statements describes the results of this reaction?

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C6H12O6 is oxidized and O2 is reduced

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7
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When a glucose molecule loses a hydrogen Adam as a result of an oxidation reduction reaction the molecule becomes

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Oxidized

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8
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When a molecule of NAD+ Gains a hydrogen atom the molecule becomes

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Reduced

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9
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Where does glycolysis take place

A

Cytosol

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10
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The ATP made during glycolysis is generated by

A

Substrate level phosphorylation

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11
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Which process and eukaryotic cells will proceed normally weather oxygen is present or absent

A

Glycolysis

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12
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Substrate level phosphorylation accounts for approximately what percentage of the ATP formed during glycolysis?

A

100%

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13
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In addition to ATP, what are the end products of glycolysis

A

NADH and pyruvate

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14
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Starting with one molecule of glucose, the net products of glycolysis are

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2 NADH, 2 H+, 2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, and 2 H2O

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15
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In glycolysis, for each molecule of glucose oxidized to pyruvate

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2 molecules of ATP are used and 4 molecules of ATP are produced

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16
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Which of the following intermediary metabolites enters the citric acid cycle and is formed, in part, by the removal of a carbon from one molecule of pyruvate?

A

Acetyl COA

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17
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Where in cellular respiration acetyl COA accumulates in which location?

A

Mitochondrial matrix

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18
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Cellular respiration harvest the most chemical energy from which of the following

A

Chemiosmotic phosphorylation

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19
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During aerobic respiration, electrons travel down hill in which sequence?

A

Food –> NADH –> electron transport chain –> oxygen

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20
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Where do you catabolic products of fatty acid break down enter into the citric acid cycle

A

Acetyl COA

21
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The primary role of oxygen in cellular respiration is to

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Act as in a scepter for electrons and hydrogen, forming water

22
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Inside an active mitochondrion, most electrons flow which pathway?

A

Citric acid cycle –> NADH –> electron transport chain –> oxygen

23
Q

Approximately what percentage of the energy of glucose is transferred to stored in ATP as a result of the complete oxidation of glucose to CO2 and water in cellular respiration?

A

40%

24
Q

Fermentation takes place in the

A

Mitochondrial inner

25
Q

Muscle cells in oxygen deprivation convert pyruvate to___, and in this step gain___

A

Lactate; NAD+

26
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In the absence of oxygen, yeast cells can obtain energy by fermentation, resulting in the production of

A

ATP, CO2, and ethanol

27
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In alcohol fermentation, NAD+ is regenerated from NADH during the

A

Reduction of acetylaldehyde to ethanol

28
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The final electron The scepter of the electron transport chain that functions in oxidative phosphorylation is

A

Oxygen

29
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Which of the following are products of the light reactions of photosynthesis that are utilized in the Calvin cycle

A

ATP and NADPH

30
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Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

A

Stroma of the chloroplast

31
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The Reaction Center, Chlorophyll of photosystem one is known as P 700 because

A

The pigment is best at absorbing light with a wavelength of 700nm

32
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What are the products of noncyclic phosphorylation?

A

ATP and NADPH

33
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What does cyclic electron flow in the chloroplast produce

A

A, B, and C

34
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Where do the enzymatic reactions of Calvin cycle take place?

A

Stroma of the chloroplast

35
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What is the primary function of the cell cycle?

A

Synthesize simple sugars from carbon dioxide

36
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Which of the following is required in the Calvin

A

A, B, and C

37
Q

One carbon dioxide molecule reacts in each turn of the Calvin cycle. How many turns of the cycle are required for the synthesis of one glucose molecule?

A

6

38
Q

The plant that Inc. CO2 first into ocaloacetate can be best characterized as a

A

C4 plants

39
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CAM Plants keep stomata closed in daytime, thus reducing loss of water. They can do this because they

A

Fix CO2 into organic acids during the night

40
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C4 plants differ from C3 and CAM Plants in that C4 plants

A

Transfer fixed carbon dioxide to cells in which the Calvin cycle occurs

41
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Synthesis of ATP by the chemiosmotic mechanism

A

Both photosynthesis and respiration

42
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Reduction of oxygen which forms water

A

Respiration

43
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Reduction of NADP+

A

Photosynthesis

44
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The splitting of carbon dioxide to form oxygen gas and carbon compounds

A

Both photosynthesis and respiration

45
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Generation of proton gradients across membranes

A

Both photosynthesis and respiration

46
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Produces molecular oxygen

A

Light reactions alone

47
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Requires ATP

A

The Calvin cycle alone

48
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Produces NADH

A

Neither the light reactions nor the Calvin cycle

49
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Produces NADPH

A

Light reactions alone