Glycolysis

Question 1

What is glycolysis?

Answer 1

• The first stage of anaerobic and aerobic respiration

Question 2

Where does glycolysis take place?

Answer 2

• in the cytoplasm

Question 3

Why is glycolysis an anaerobic process?

Answer 3

• Does not require any oxygen
• no energy needed to transport substances into the mitochondria.

Question 4

What are the 3 main steps in glycolysis?

Answer 4

• Phosphorylating glucose to glucose phosphate using ATP
• the production of triose phosphate
• oxidation of triose phosphate to produce pyruvate with a net gain of ATP and reduced nad