Unit 3 Test Flashcards
Electronegativity increases going from _______ to _______ on the periodic table
down to up
left to right
In photosynthesis, what form is energy from the sun stored in?
Glucose
In photosynthesis, what form is potential energy stored in?
Starch
What is the first step in cellular respiration?
Glycolysis
What is glycolysis?
The process of breaking glucose into two pyruvate.
Why is glucose used in cellular respiration?
Because it’s an effective molecule for storing energy and is relatively small.
How does glucose enter the cell?
Facilitated diffusion
Why is glucose phosphorylated before broken down into pyruvate?
To keep it in the cell and raise its potential energy.
What are two two types of ATP phosphorylation?
Substrate level phosphorylation and oxidative phosphorylation.
What is substrate level phosphorylation?
When a phosphate is removed from a sugar to create ATP from ADP.
What is oxidative phosphorylation?
When a proton gradient is used to phosphorylated ATP from ADP.
What is the purpose of NAD+ in glycolysis?
To oxidize the sugar
Where does glycolysis take place?
The cytosol of a cell
What are the byproducts of glycolysis?
2 ATP and 2 NADH
What is the pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction?
The reaction preceding the Krebs Cycle where pyruvate is oxidized into Acetylene CoA.
Where does the pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction take place?
In the mitochondria (as the pyruvate moves into it from the cytosol).
What are the byproducts of the Acetyl CoA Step?
2 CO2 and 2 NADH.
What is the Krebs Cycle?
A cycle where Acetyl CoA undergoes many reactions to produce CO2, NADH, ATP, and FADH2.
What is the starting molecule of the Krebs Cycle?
Oxaloacetate.
How many turns are needed in the Krebs Cycle for each glucose molecule and why?
2, since each glucose molecule is broken down into two different pyruvate, and each pyruvate must go through the cycle separately.
Where does the Krebs Cycle take place?
In the matrix of the mitochondria.
Why does the Krebs Cycle have so many steps?
So that excessive amounts of energy will not be lost as heat.
What are the products of the Krebs Cycle?
4 CO2, 4 NADH, 2 ATP, and 2 FADH2.
What is the final step of cellular respiration?
The electron transport chain.
What is the electron transport chain?
A sequence of mitochondrial membrane proteins that shuttle electrons in a series of redox reactions to make a concentration gradient.
What are the components of the mitochondrial electron transport chain?
Cytochrome B, ATP synthase, Cytochrome C, Quinine, and FMN.
Which electron carriers are responsible for the redox reactions in the cellular respiration electron transport chain?
NADH and FADH2.
In cellular respiration, protons are pumped from the ________ to the _________.
matrix to the intermembrane space
In cellular respiration, protons diffuse from the __________ to the __________ to power the ATP synthase.
intermembrane space to the matrix.
How much ATP is produced for each NADH and FADH2 in the mitochondrial electron transport chain?
Each NADH produces about 3 ATP, and each FADH2 produces about 2 ATP.
Around how much ATP is produced in the mitochondrial electron transport chain?
32 to 34 ATP.
In total, what products are formed in cellular respiration?
6 CO2, 10 NADH, 2 FADH2, and 36 to 38 ATP.
What is anaerobic respiration?
The use of an inorganic molecule other than oxygen to accept electrons at the end of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (a type of cellular respiration).
What is fermentation?
The partial breakdown of sugar with no use of oxygen or an electron transport chain.