Biology: Cellular Respiration

Front 1

Cellular Respiration occurs in the eukaryotic _______.

Back 1

Mitochondria

Front 2

Cellular Respiration yields how many ATP?
While Glycolysis only yields __.

Back 2

36-38
2

Front 3

Cellular Respiration can be divided into three stages:

Back 3

1) Pyruvate Decarboxylation
2) Citric Acid Cycle (Krebs)
3) Electron Transport Chain

Front 4

Pyruvate Decarboxylation occurs in the _______ where the ______ is decarboxylated, causing it to release ____.

Back 4

Mitochondrial matrix, pyruvate, CO2

Front 5

NAD+ is reduced to NADH during pyruvate decarboxylation when the remaining _____ group is transferred to _________.

Back 5

Acetyl, Coenzyme A

Front 6

The Citric Acid Cycle begins when the 2-Carbon _____ group from ________ combines with the __ carbon molecule, _________, to form ________ which is the 6 carbon precursor to the Kreb cycle.

Back 6

Acetyl, Acetyl CoA, 4, oxaloacetate, citrate

Front 7

The Citric Acid Cycle yields 2 ____ molecules and ________ to regenerate the cycle. Also, 1 ATP is produced from substrate-level phosphorylation via a ___ intermediate.

Back 7

CO2, oxaloacetate, GTP

Front 8

The citric acid cycle yields what per Acetyl CoA molecule?
There are two Acetly CoA molecules for a total yield of?

Back 8

1 GTP, 1 FADH2, 3 NADH
2 GTP, 2 FADH2, 6 NADH

Front 9

The Electron Transport Chain is located where?

Back 9

Inner Mitochondrial Membrane

Front 10

Electron carriers of the Electron Transport Chain are called ______.

Back 10

Cytochromes

Front 11

A cytochrome molecule has a central ___ atom which can undergo a reversible redox reaction.

Back 11

Iron, Fe 2+

Front 12

Each cytochrome carrier becomes reduced when it accepts electrons and becomes oxidized when it gives up the electrons until the final electron acceptor, ____, gets the electrons and two ___ ions to form water.

Back 12

Oxygen, Hydrogen