Unit 3 AOS 2 Flashcards

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Acetyl CoA

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A two-carbon molecule of the loaded enzyme as a result of an intermediate reaction pyruvate undergoes

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Aerobe

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Living organisms that require oxygen for aerobic cellular respiration e.g. most eukaryotes such as animals, plants, protists and fungi

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Alcoholic fermentation

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Anaerobe

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Organisms that do not use oxygen and instead carry out anaerobic respiration e.g. bacteria and some micro-organsisms

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Autotroph

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Biofuel

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Biomass

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C3 plant

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Calvin-benson cycle

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CAM

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Stands for Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. A plant…

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Carbon fixation

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Chemoautotroph

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Cristae

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Location of…

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Cytochrome

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Grana

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Stacks of thylakoids

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Heterotroph

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17
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Krebs cycle

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Pyruvate, ADP, Pi, NAD+, FAD (inputs) -> CO2, ATP, NADH, FADH2 (outputs)

Occurs in the mitochondrial matrix

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Lactic acid fermentation

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Light-dependent stage

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Light-independent stage

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21
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Limiting factor

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Anything that constrains or slows a population size from growing e.g. glucose availability

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Matrix

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Mitochondrion

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Membrane-bound cell organelles as the powerhouse of the cell; generating most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell’s biochemical reactions

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Photoautotroph

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Photorespiration

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Pigment

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Pyruvate

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A molecule (output) as a result of glycolysis

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Stroma

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Fluid that fills the inner space of a chloroplast

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Thylakoid membrane

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The membrane of the thylakoid