Metabolism and Cellular Respiration

Question 1

What process is the totality of an organisms chemical reactions?

Answer 1

Metabolism

Question 2

What begins with a specific molecule and ends with a product where each step is catalyzed by a specific enzyme?

Answer 2

Metabolic pathway

Question 3

What is the study of how organisms manage their energy resources?

Answer 3

Bioenergetics

Question 4

What is the capacity to cause change?

Answer 4

Energy

Question 5

What is the energy of motion?

Answer 5

Kinetic energy

Question 6

Kinetic energy associated with random movement of atoms/molecules

Answer 6

Heat/Thermal energy

Question 7

Energy that matter possesses due to its location/structure

Answer 7

Potential energy

Question 8

What does phosphorylation do?

Answer 8

Adds a phosphate

Question 9

Partial degradation of sugars that occurs without oxygen

Answer 9

Fermentation

Question 10

Yields ATP by consuming organic molecules and oxygen

Answer 10

Aerobic respiration

Question 11

Yields ATP but without oxygen

Answer 11

Anaerobic respiration

Question 12

What is the first step of cellular respiration?

Answer 12

Glycolysis

Question 13

What does glycolysis produce?

Answer 13

2 Pyruvate, 2 ATP, Electrons carried by NADH

Question 14

What must the pyruvate be converted to before it enters the citric acid cycle?

Answer 14

Acetyl CoA

Question 15

Where does glycolysis take place?

Answer 15

Cytosol

Question 16

Where do Krebs Cycle and Oxidative phosphorylation take place?

Answer 16

Mitochondrion

Question 17

What does the citric acid cycle produce after every round?

Answer 17

2 ATP, 6 NADH, 2 FADH2

Question 18

Where do the electrons that are carried by NADH and FADH2 go?

Answer 18

The ETC

Question 19

What does the last part of the citric acid/Krebs cycle produce?

Answer 19

32-34 ATP

Question 20

What causes oxidative phosphorylation?

Answer 20

Redox reactions

Question 21

Where is the ETC located?

Answer 21

Crista of the mitochondrion

Question 22

In this process: H+ moves around a bunch

Answer 22

Chemiosmosis