Exam 8: How Cells Make Atp: Energy-Releasing Pathways

MATCHING Match the stage of cellular respiration with the correct process. a.citric acid cycle c.electron transport and chemiosmosis b.glycolysis d.formation of acetyl CoA -Occurs in the cytosol.

Deamination of amino acids in mammals yields amino groups that are converted to __________, which is(are) excreted, and __________, which is(are) converted to one of the reactants of glycolysis or the citric acid cycle.

Which of the following statements concerning decarboxylation reactions is FALSE?

Cellular respiration is most accurately described as a(n) __________ process.

Which of the following steps in the Kreb's cycle directly produces a molecule of ATP (or GTP)?

An example of a substrate-level phosphorylation that occurs during glycolysis is the transfer of a phosphate group from a phosphorylated intermediate to:

The role of the oxygen molecules required for aerobic respiration is:

MATCHING Match the stage of cellular respiration with the correct process. a.citric acid cycle c.electron transport and chemiosmosis b.glycolysis d.formation of acetyl CoA -GDP is phosphorylated

One gram of __________ contains more than twice the amount of energy of a gram of glucose.

MATCHING Match the stage of cellular respiration with the correct process. a.citric acid cycle c.electron transport and chemiosmosis b.glycolysis d.formation of acetyl CoA -Coenzyme Q is a component.

MATCHING Match the stage of cellular respiration with the correct process. a.citric acid cycle c.electron transport and chemiosmosis b.glycolysis d.formation of acetyl CoA -ATP synthase is a component.

In glycolysis, a six-carbon glucose molecule is converted to two three-carbon molecules of:

During aerobic respiration, oxygen is:

Select the molecule that contains the least stored chemical energy:

During chemiosmosis, __________ are transferred from NADH and FADH₂ to electron acceptor molecules, and the energy released is used to create a(n) __________ gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane.

In eukaryotes, glycolysis occurs in the:

MATCHING Match the stage of cellular respiration with the correct process. a.citric acid cycle c.electron transport and chemiosmosis b.glycolysis d.formation of acetyl CoA -Pyruvate is decarboxylated.

Aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, and fermentation:

For each glucose molecule that begins cellular respiration, the citric acid cycle must turn once. __________________

NADH and FADH₂ are the products of: