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Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
A coenzyme used as an energy carrier in the cells of all known organisms |
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Cellular respiration |
The process by which organic molecules are converted to usable energy using an electron transport chain |
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Metabolism |
The set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms. These reactions allow organisms to grow, reproduce, maintain their structures, and respond to their environment. |
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Aerobic cellular respiration |
This type of cellular respiration is most commonly used by animals, plants, fungi, and most bacteria. The chemical bonds of glucose are broken, yielding low energy inorganic molecules. Some of the energy is stored as ATP and some is given off as heat. |
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Fermentation |
The process in which ATP is produced in the absence of oxygen. Glucose is incompletely broken down. |
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Alcoholic fermentation |
Occurs in plant cells and yeast under anaerobic conditions. The pyruvate produced by Glycolysis is converted to carbon dioxide and ethanol. |
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Lactic acid fermentation |
Occurs in oxygen stressed muscles of animals and in some bacteria. Animal muscle cells can use lactic acid fermentation to produce ATPs when there is not enough oxygen present to sustain aerobic cellular respiration. |
