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62 Cards in this Set
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food serves as a source of ___ ___ from which all the cells of the body can ___ new molecules
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raw materials, synthesize
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food provides living things with the ___ ___ ___ they need to ___ and ___
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chemical building block, grow and reproduce
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food serves as a source of ___
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energy
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one gram of the sugar glucose, when burned in the presence of ___, released ___ calories of heat energy
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oxygen, 3811
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sugar glucose formula
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C6 H12 O6
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calorie definition
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amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius
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the ___ that is used on food labels is a ___, or #___ calories
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Calorie, kilocalorie, 1000
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cells don't "___" glucose, they gradually release the energy from ___ and other food compounds
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glucose
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the process of cellular respiration starts with a pathway called ___
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glycolysis
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glycolysis
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first step in releasing the energy of glucose, in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid
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glycolysis releases only a small amount of ___
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energy
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if ___ is present, glycolysis leads to #___ other pathways that relased a great deal of energy
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oxygen, 2
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if ___ is not present, however, glycolysis is followed by a different pathway
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oxygen
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both plant and animal cells carry out the final stages of cellular respiration in the ___
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mitochondria
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cellular respiration is the process that ___ energy by ___ down food molecules in the presence of ___
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releases, breaking, oxygen
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glycolysis takes place in the ___
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cytoplasm
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the ___ cycles and ___ transport take place inside the ___
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Krebs, electron, mitochondria
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in the presence of oxygen, glycolysis is followed by the ___ cycle and the ___ transport chain.
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krebs, electron
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glycolysis, the krebs cycle, and the elctron transport chain make up a process called ___
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cellular respiration
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what's the equation for cellular respiration?
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6O2 + C6H12O6 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
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6O2 + C6H12O6 --> 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
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oxygen + glucose --> carbon dioxide + water + energy
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cellualr respiration requires ___, a food molecule such as ___, and gives off ___ ___, ___, and energy
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oxygen, glucose, carbon dioxide, water
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each of the 3 stages of cellular respiration captures some of the chemical ___ available in food molecules and uses it to produce ___
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energy, ATP
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the first set of reactions in cellular respiration is ___
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glycolysis
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___ is the process in which one molecule of ___ is broken in half, producing #___ molecules of ___ acid, a #___-___ compound
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glycolysis, glucose, 2, pyruvic, 3-carbon
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glycolysis comes from the greek word ___, meaning "___", and the latin word ___, which indicates a process of ___ or ___
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glukus, "sweet", lysis, loosening or decomposing
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even though glycolysis is an ___-releasing process, the cell needs to put in a little ___ to get things going
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energy, energy
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at the pathway's beginning, #___ molecules of ATP are used up
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2
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although the cell puts 2 ATP molecules into its "accunt" to get glycolysis going, when glycolysis is complete, #___ ATP molecules have been produced
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4
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one of the reactions of glycolysis removes #___ high-energy ___ and passes them to an ___ carrier called NAD+
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4, electrons, electron
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NAD+ aka ___ ___ ___
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nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
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like NADP+ in ___, each ___ accepts a pair of high-energy electrons
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photosynthesis, NAD+
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NADH holds electrons until they can be ___ to other molecules
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transferred
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NAD+ helps to pass ___ from ___ to other pathways in the cell
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energy, glucose
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glcolysis itself doesn't require ___
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oxygen
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because glycolysis doesnt require oxygen, it can supply ___ ___ to cells when ___ isn't available
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chemical energy, oxygen
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when a cell generates large amounts of ___ from glycolysis, it runs into a problem: in just a few seconds, all of the cell's available ___ molecules are filled up with electrons. without ___, the cell can't keep glycolysis going, and ___ production stops
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ATP, NAD+, NAD+, ATP
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the combined process of the pathway (when oxygen isn't present) and glycolysis is called ___
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fermentation
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fermentation is the combination of what two processes?
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process of the pathway that follows glycolysis when oxygen isn't present, and glycolysis
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fermentation released energy from food molecules by producing ___ in the absence of ___
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ATP, oxygen
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during ___, cells convert NADH to ___ by passing high-energy electrons back to ___ acid
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fermentation, NAD+, pyruvic
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the action of fermentation converts NADH back into the electron carrier ___, allowing ___ to continue producing a steady supply of ___
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NAD+, glycolysis, ATP
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because ___ doesn't require oxygen, it's said to be ___
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fermentation, anaerobic
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ther tern abaerobic means "___"
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not in air
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the two main types of fermentation are ___ fermentation and ___ ___ fermentation
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alcoholic, lactic acid
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___ and a few other microorganisms use alcoholic fermentation, forming ___ ___ and ___ ___ as wastes
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ethyl alcohol, carbon dioxide
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the equation for alcoholic fermentation after ___ is:
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glycolysis
pyruvic acid + NADH --> alcohol + CO2 + NAD+ |
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alcoholic fermentation produces ____ ____ as well as ____
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carbon dioxide, alcohol
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what causes bread dough to rise?
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alcoholic fermentation
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when yeast in the bread dough runs out of ____, it begins to ____, giving off bubbles of ____ ____ that form the air spaces you see in a slice of bread
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oxygen, ferment, carbon dioxide
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the small amount of ____ produced in the bread dough ____ when the bread is baked
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alcohol, evaporates
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in many cells, the pyruvic acid that accumulates as a result of ____ can be converted to ____ ____
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glycolysis, lactic acid
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this process generates NAD+ so that glycollysis can continue
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lactic acid fermentation
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____ ____ fermentation regenerates ____ so that glycolysis can continue
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lactic acid, NAD+
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the equation for lactic acid fermentation after glycolysis is:
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pyruvic acid + NADH --> lactic acid + NAD+
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____ ____ is produced in ____ during rapid exercise when the body can't supply enough ____ to the tissues
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lactic acid, muscles, oxygen
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lactic acid fermentation converts ____ into ____ ____
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glucose, lactic acid
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when you exercise vigorously by running, swimming, or riding a bike as fast as you can, the large muscles of your arms and legs quickly run out of ____, your muscle cells rapidly begin to produce ____ by ____ ____ ____
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oxygen, ATP, lactic acid fermentation
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the buildup of ____ ____ causes a painful, burning sensation--this is why muscles may feel sore after only a few seconds of intense activity
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lactic acid
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____ organisms also produce ________ as a waste product during fermentation
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unicellular, lactic acid
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____ are used in the production of a wide variety of foods and beverages, such as cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, and sour cream (what process of production is this?)
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prokaryotes
lactic acid fermentation |
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pickles, sawuerkraut, and kimchi are also produced using the ____________
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lactic acid fermentation
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