Key Vocabulary

Question 1

Aerobic

Answer 1

Relating to, involving, or requiring free oxygen

Question 2

Anaerobic

Answer 2

Relating to or requiring an absence of free oxygen

Question 3

Enzyme

Answer 3

A substance produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst to bring about a specific biochemical reaction

Question 4

Glycolysis

Answer 4

Breakdown of glucose; may be anaerobic or aerobic

Question 5

Glycogenesis

Answer 5

Process by which glycogen is synthesized from glucose to be stored in the liver

Question 6

Glycogenolysis

Answer 6

Process by which glycogen is broken into glucose-1-phosphate to be used by muscles

Question 7

Lipolysis

Answer 7

Breakdown of triglycerides into glycerol and free fatty acids (FFAs)

Question 8

B-oxidation

Answer 8

The process of breaking down FFA to acetyl CoA

Question 9

Oxidation

Answer 9

The process in which a chemical substance changes because of the addition of oxygen

Question 10

Phosphorylation

Answer 10

The addition of a phosphoryl (PO3) group to a molecule. In biological systems, this reaction is vital for the cellular storage and transfer of free energy using energy carrier molecules.