Jeopardy questions

Question 1

In the following reaction, this reactant is being oxidized

C6H12O6 + 6 O2 -> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy

Answer 1

glucose

Question 2

During one turn of the citric acid cycle, this many NAD+ are reduced to NADH

Answer 2

three

Question 3

This enzyme uses the exergonic flow of H+ to drive the phosphorylation of ADP into ATP during chemiosmosis in both cellular respiration and the light reaction of photosynthesis

Answer 3

ATP synthase

Question 4

Yeast and many bacteria are this type of anaerobes that can survive using either fermentation or cellular respiration

Answer 4

facultative anaerobes

Question 5

this enzyme concerts DHAP into G3P so that it can be used to produce pyruvate in the energy payoff phase

Answer 5

isomerase

Question 6

These organisms are directly or indirectly nourished via photosynthesis.

Answer 6

almost the entire living world

Question 7

When excited electrons fall back to the ground state photons are given off causing this.

Answer 7

fluorescence

Question 8

During the light reaction in photosynthesis, the energy from light excites P680 or P700, special molecules of this

Answer 8

chlorophyll

Question 9

this process in the Calvin cycle is catalyzed by the enzyme Ribulose 1, 5-biphosphate carboxylase, or RuBisCo

Answer 9

carbon fixation

Question 10

Carbon enters the Calvin cycle as CO2 and leaves as this, a compound also produced during glycolysis

Answer 10

Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate (G3P)

Question 11

This is the totality of an organism’s reactions that transform matter and energy

Answer 11

metabolism

Question 12

a substance that binds to an enzyme at the active site, competing with the substrate, is called this

Answer 12

competitive inhibitor

Question 13

ATP drives endergonic reactions by this process, the transferring phosphate to another molecule

Answer 13

phosphorylation

Question 14

a spontaneous, exergonic reaction that results in a negative change in free energy is part of this type of metabolic pathway

Answer 14

catabolic

Question 15

the statement “energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transferred or transformed” refers to the first law of thermodynamics or this principle

Answer 15

the conservation of energy

Question 16

Rough ER is different from smooth ER in that its surface is studded with these

Answer 16

ribosomes

Question 17

In the nucleus, DNA is organized into discrete linear units called this

Answer 17

chromosomes

Question 18

the Golgi Apparatus consists of flattened membranous sacs called this

Answer 18

cisternae

Question 19

Lysosomes use enzymes to recycle the cell’s own organelles and macromolecules via this process

Answer 19

authophagy

Question 20

Located outside the animal cell, this functions for support, adhesions, movement, and the regulation of the cell

Answer 20

extracellular matrix

Question 21

This molecule, when found in the animal cell membrane, functions to maintain membrane fluidity at different temperatures

Answer 21

cholesterol

Question 22

this process, the tendency for molecules to spread out evenly into available space, allows substances to be transported passively across cell membranes

Answer 22

diffusion

Question 23

this type of transport protein may be used by the cell for facilitated diffusion or active transport

Answer 23

carrier protein

Question 24

if placed in a solution with this type of tonicity, plant cells become turgid, but animal cells lyse

Answer 24

hypotonic

Question 25

phospholipids and integral proteins contain hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions making them this

Answer 25

amphiphatic

Question 26

mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved from bacteria or cyanobacteria via this process

Answer 26

endosymbiosis