Stages
The stage of cellular respiration where glucose is split into pyruvate.
What is glycolysis?
Where does glycolysis happen?
The cytoplasm
What are the two types of fermentation?
Lactic acid and alcohol
Where does the Krebs Cycle occur?
In the mitochondria
What is described as the powerhouse of the cell?
The mitochondria.
The stage where the most energy is produced
What is The Electron Transport Chain
How many ATP are required to start glycolysis?
Two ATP
What is the purpose of fermentation?
To make ATP without oxygen.
What is the name of the 4-carbon acid that the acetyl joins with?
Oxaloacetate
The final phase of cellular respiration
What is the electron transport chain
The stage that takes place inside the mitochondrion and links glycolysis and the citric acid cycle
What is the transition reaction?
What are the two phases in glycolysis?
Energy investment phase, and energy yielding phase.
What might cause the intense pain in our muscles after intense exercise?
Lactic Acid Fermentation
How is ATP produced during the Krebs cycle?
Substrate-level phosphorylation
Altogether, cellular respiration produces how many molecules of ATP per molecule of glucose.
36
This stage yields two molecules of ATP and several molecules of NADH and FADH2 per molecule of glucose.
What is the citric acid cycle?
How many pyruvate molecules does glycolysis produce?
Two
What is a byproduct of alcohol fermentation?
Carbon Dioxide
The Krebs cycle was named after this man.
Who is Hans Krebs?
Oxygen
What is the Krebs Cycle?
How many molecules of H2O does glycolysis produce?
Two
What does the liver convert lactic acid back into?
Pyruvate
What is a waste product of the Krebs Cycle?
Carbon Dioxide
All the chemical reactions that take place in a cell constitute the cells ________?
Metabolism