Chapter 5
What is the cell's energy currency?
ATP
What gas is released during photosynthesis?
Oxygen
What sugar is broken down during respiration?
Glucose
What molecule contains genetic information?
DNA
What substance is the final electron acceptor in aerobic respiration
Oxygen
What speeds up chemical reactions?
Enzymes
What organelle performs photosynthesis?
Chloroplast
What organelle produces most ATP during respiration?
Mitochondria
What phase copies DNA?
S phase
What do enzymes do to the activation energy of a reaction?
Lower it
What is the movement of water across a membrane called?
Osmosis
What green pigment absorbs sunlight?
Chlorophyll
How many net ATP are produced by glycolysis?
2 ATP
How many cells does mitosis produce?
2
What stage breaks glucose into pyruvate?
Glycolysis
What does ATP become after losing a phosphate?
ADP
What structures contain chlorophyll?
Thylakoids
What stage produces the most ATP?
Electron Transport Chain
During what phase do chromosomes line up?
Metaphase
Which two products of photosynthesis are used in aerobic cellular respiration?
Glucose and oxygen
What part of an enzyme binds its substrate?
Active site
Where does the Calvin cycle occur?
Stroma
What two molecules carry electrons to the ETC?
NADH and FADHâ‚‚
What is the division of cytoplasm called?
Cytokinesis
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