Respiration Flashcards
What are the four main stages of aerobic respiration?
- Glycolysis.
- Link reaction.
- Krebs cycle.
- Oxidative phosphorylation.
What are the two types of respiration?
Aerobic and Anaerobic.
What occurs during aerobic respiration?
Complete breakdown of glucose to from CO2.
Why is aerobic respiration more efficient than anaerobic respiration?
More ATP is produced per molecule of glucose.
What is the main difference between aerobic and anaerobic respiration?
Aerobic respiration requires oxygen while anaerobic respiration does not.
What occurs during anaerobic respiration?
Incomplete breakdown of glucose, making harmful waste products.
Which type of respiration is faster?
Anaerobic respiration.
Where does glycolysis occur?
Cytoplasm.
Where does the link reaction occur?
Matrix of mitochondria.
Where does the Krebs cycle occur?
Matrix of mitochondria.
Where does oxidative phosphorylation occur?
Inner membrane space of mitochondria.
What happens during glycolysis?
- Glucose is phosphorylated twice, first to form glucose phosphate then hexose bisphosphate.
- hexose bisphosphate is then split into two molecules of triode phosphate.
- Each triose phosphate molecule is oxidised to form pyruvate.
- Pyruvate is actively transported into the mitochondria for link reaction.
What type of process is glycolysis?
Anaerobic.
What is the net yield of glycolysis?
2 ATP.
2 NADH.
What happens in the link reaction?
- Pyruvate is dehydrogenated and decarboxylated to from acetate.
- Acetate combines with coenzyme A to form acetyl coenzyme A.