Metabolism

Question 1

The process of FORMING large molecules from smaller ones
Example (the synthesis of LARGE protein molecules from individual amino acids)

One of the basic components of Metabolism

Answer 1

Anabolism

Question 2

The process of BREAKING down large molecules into smaller ones
Example (the digestion of large complex carbohydrates like starch into individual simple sugars like glucose)

Answer 2

Catabolism

Question 3

Simple sugars that are the result of Catabolism breaking down complex carbs, and further gets catabolized itself into carbon dioxide

Answer 3

glucose

Question 4

these three processes ____ _____ and _____ are involved in the conversion of glucose and oxygen into carbon dioxide

Answer 4

glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the electron transport system

Question 5

this process _____, occurs in the cytoplasm, and does not require oxygen, reaction is a conversion of 6 carbon glucose molecules into two 3- carbon pyruvic acid molecules

Answer 5

glycolysis

Question 6

if there is not sufficient oxygen available, the pyruvic acid produced during glycolysis, enters the next stage of metabolism, and is converted to ______ ______, that accumulates in the tissues causing a local acidosis (which is associated with muscle fatigue)

Answer 6

lactic acid