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What is respiration?

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The release of energy from food

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What is usually the food involved in respiration?

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The food involved in respiration is usually glucose.

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What is internal respiration controlled by and what does it allow?

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Internal respiration is controlled by enzymes which allow energy to be released in small amounts

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What is energy trapped in?

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The energy is trapped in molecules called ATP

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What are the two types of respiration?

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Aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration

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What is aerobic respiration?

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The release of energy from food in the presence of oxygen

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What is anaerobic respiration?

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The release of energy from food without requiring the presence of oxygen

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What do most living things get energy from and what are they called?

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Most living things get energy from aerobic respiration and are called aerobes

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What is energy stored in in glucose? What happens to it? What is it used for?

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The energy stored in bonds in glucose is released and used to make ATP

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What happens when ATP breaks down? Why does it do this?

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When ATP breaks down it supplies energy for all the reactions in a cell such as movement of muscles, growth of new cells etc.

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What is the equation for aerobic respiration?

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

Glucose + Oxygen -> Carbon dioxide + water + energy

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Is aerobic respiration efficient?

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Aerobic respiration is relatively efficient, 40 percent of the energy in glucose is used to make ATP

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What happens to any energy not used to produce ATP?

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It is lost as heat

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How many stages of aerobic respiration are there? What are they called?

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Stage 1 - Glycolysis
Stage 2 (no fancy name just stage 2)
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Where does stage 1 of aerobic respiration take place?

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Takes place in the cytosol (the cytoplasm without the organelles) as enzymes are found here

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Does stage 1 of aerobic respiration require oxygen?

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Does not require oxygen

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Does stage 1 of aerobic respiration release energy?

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It only releases small amounts of energy

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Does stage 1 of aerobic respiration differ from stage 1 of anaerobic respiration?

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Is the same for both aerobic anaerobic respiration

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What happens to a 6-carbon carbohydrate in the first stage?

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A 6-carbon carbohydrate (Glucose) is converted to two 3-molecules with the release of a small amount of energy

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Where does most of the energy in the glucose molecule remain stored?

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Most of the energy in the glucose molecule remains stored in each 3-carbon molecule

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Does stage two of aerobic respiration need oxygen?

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This stage requires and uses oxygen

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Does stage two of aerobic respiration release energy?

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It releases a large amount of energy

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Where does stage two of aerobic respiration occur?

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It occurs in the mitochondria as the necessary enzymes are found here

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What happens to the 3-carbon molecules in stage two of aerobic respiration?

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The 3-carbon molecules are broken down to Carbon Dioxide and Water

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What does the complete breakdown of the 3-carbon molecules in stage two of aerobic respiration do?

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The complete breakdown of the 3-carbon molecules releases a lot of energy

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What is left after stage 2 of aerobic respiration and does it contain a lot of energy?

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There is very little energy left in Carbon Dioxide and Water

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Is stage 1 of aerobic respiration the same as stage 1 of anaerobic respiration?

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yes

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Can anaerobic respiration occur without oxygen?

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Anaerobic respiration can occur in the presence of oxygen but it does not need to use it.

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What occurs in stage 1 of anaerobic respiration?

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In anaerobic respiration Glycolysis occurs this means glucose is broken into two 3-carbon molecules

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Is energy released in stage 1 of anaerobic respiration?

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A small amount of energy is released this way

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Is there more than one form of anaerobic respiration?

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There are different forms of anaerobic respiration

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What is more efficient, anaerobic respiration or aerobic respiration?

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Anaerobic respiration is said to be less efficient than aerobic respiration as less energy is released

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What happens in the other forms of anaerobic respiration?

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where the 3-carbon molecules are converted to different substances but no extra energy is released.

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When does lactic acid fermentation occur?

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This occurs in some anaerobic bacteria and fungi and in animal muscles when there is not enough oxygen.

35
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What is produced in lactic acid fermentation?

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In this fermentation Lactic acid is produced

36
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What is the formula for lactic acid fermentation? In other words what is lactic acid fermentation?

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Glucose -> 2Lactic Acid + small amount of energy

37
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Give an example of lactic acid fermentation

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e.g. bacteria souring milk and lactic acid in muscles after exercise

38
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Where and when does alcohol fermentation take place?

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Take place in bacteria and some fungi such as yeast and in plants when they are deprived of oxygen

39
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What does alcohol fermentation involve?

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Involves the partial breakdown of glucose

40
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What is the formula for alcohol fermentation? (basically what is alcohol fermentation?)

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Glucose -> 2 Ethanol + 2 Carbon dioxide + small amount energy

41
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Give an example of alcohol fermentation

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e.g. alcohol fermentation and bread baking.

42
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What is biotechnology?

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Biotechnology refers to the use of living things (such as microorganisms and enzymes) to carry our useful reactions

43
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What happens in industrial fermentation?

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In industrial fermentation the microorganisms are placed in a container with a substrate on which they can react

44
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What is the vessel in which biological reactions can take place?

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The vessel in which biological reactions can take place is called a Bioreactor

45
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What may be created in industrial fermentation when the microorganisms are mixed with the substrate? What is done to this?

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When the microorganisms are mixed with the substrate foam may be formed so a foam breaker is used

46
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What is oxygen pumped into industrial fermentation through?

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Oxygen is pumped in through a sparger

47
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What does quality and amount of product depend on in industrial fermentation?

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Quality and amount of product depend on the quality of the microorganism and substrate, the design of the bioreactor, a correct rate of mixing, correct temperature and pH and elimination of contaminating microorganisms.

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How can it be ensured that the microorganisms used in a bioreactor are not lost at the end of every reaction?

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To ensure the microorganisms used in a bioreactor are not lost at the end of every reaction they are often immobilised or fixed.

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How can the microorganisms be immobilised for bioprocessing with immobilised cells.?

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The microorganisms can be immobilised by bonding them to each other bonding them to an insoluble support or suspending them in a gel or membrane

50
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What is glucose converted to in glycolysis? (detail)

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Glucose which is a 6-carbon sugar is converted to two 3-carbon sugars called pyruvic acid

51
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What is pyruvic acid?

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This is a neutral molecule which may be found as the negatively charged ion pyruvate

52
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Is oxygen required for glycolysis? What is some of the energy released in it used for?

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No oxygen is required some of the energy released forms 2 ATP molecules more of the energy is used to form NADH

53
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How much of the energy is retained in the pyruvic acid?

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75 percent of the energy is retained in the pyruvic acid

54
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What happens to pyruvic acid in the presence of oxygen?

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In the presence of oxygen the pyruvic acid enters a mitochondrion

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What happens to pyruvic acid after in enters a mitochondrion?

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It loses a carbon dioxide molecule to form a 2-carbon molecule called Acetyl coenzyme A (Acetyl CoA for short)

56
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What does pyruvic acid lose in the mitochondrion other than carbon dioxide and what does this do?

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Pyruvic acid also loses 2 high energy electrons that combine with NAD+ and a proton to form NADH

57
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What happens to each NADH produced in the mitochondrion?

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Each NADH will enter an electron transport system

58
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What happens to the Acetyl CoA?

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The Acetyl CoA enters a series of reactions called Kreb’s cycle (German scientist Hans Krebs)

59
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Where does the Kreb’s cycle take place?

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Takes place in the lumen of the mitochondria

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Does the Kreb’s cycle require oxygen?

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Yes it requires oxygen

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What is the Acetyl CoA broken down into?

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The acetyl CoA is broken down into carbon dioxide and protons

62
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What happens to the energy that was in the Acetyl CoA?

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The energy that was in the Acetyl CoA is released in a number of steps in the form of high energy electrons

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What happens to the high energy electrons in which form the energy is released from Acetyl CoA?

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These electrons along with protons (H+) combine with NAD+ to form NADH

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What happens to the NADH formed in the Kreb’s cycle?

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The NADH enters an electron transport system

65
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What other process occurs in the Kreb’s cycle other than the breakdown of Acetyl CoA and what does it involve?

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Phosphorylation also occurs in Kreb’s cycle where a single ADP is changed to ATP

66
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What happens to NADH?

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The NADH enters an electron transport chain

67
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Where does electron transport chain take place?

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Takes place in the cristae of the mitochondria

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Is oxygen necessary for the electron transport chain?

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Oxygen is necessary

69
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What do the foldings of the cristae do?

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The foldings of the cristae increase the number of electron transport systems that can fit in them

70
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What happens to the energy produced in the electron transport system?

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Some of this energy is used to form ATP the rest is lost as heat.

71
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What happens at the end of each system and how?

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At the end of each system the low energy electron is removed by combining it with oxygen and hydrogen to form water.

72
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What is the production of ATP called and why?

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The production of ATP by the electron transport system is called Oxidative Phosphorylation as it requires oxygen + phosphate

73
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What is the main significance of the electron transport system?

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The main significance of the electron transport system is that it produces energy rich ATP.

74
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Is oxygen essential for the electron transport system?

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Oxygen is essential as it accepts the low energy electron at the end of the chain.

75
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What happens if oxygen is absent in the electron transport system?

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If oxygen is absent aerobic organisms may die as there is no oxygen to accept the low energy electron and no ATP may be formed.

76
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What may chemicals such as cyanide do? Why?

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Chemicals such as cyanide may be fatal because they prevent some of the proteins from receiving and passing on electrons meaning ATP cannot be produced.

77
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What happens to glucose stage one of anaerobic respiration?

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In stage 1 glucose is converted to 2 molecules of pyruvic acid

78
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What is produced in stage one of anaerobic respiration when glucose is converted to 2 molecules of pyruvic acid?

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2 molecules of ATP and 2 molecules of NADH are produced in this process

79
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What happens to pyruvic acid in the absence of oxygen?

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In the absence of oxygen the pyruvic acid is converted to either lactic acid or ethanol and carbon dioxide

80
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What happens when in the absence of oxygen the pyruvic acid is converted to either lactic acid or ethanol and carbon dioxide?

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In each case the 2 NADH break down into 2 electrons and 2 protons which combine with the pyruvic acid to form lactic acid or ethanol and carbon dioxide.

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What can you say about pyruvic acid as it gains electrons?

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As pyruvic acid gains electrons in both cases it is said to be reduced

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As only stage 1 is involved in anaerobic respiration, where does it occur?

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As only stage 1 is involved in anaerobic respiration it only occurs in the cytosol.

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