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Exam 2
Chapter 7 and 8
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
10/18/2010

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Fermentation converts pyruvate into
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ethanol or lactate
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Protons are ejected from the mitochondrial matrix as a consequence of
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Electron transfer through respiratory proteins.
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What does rubisco do?
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Incorporates CO2 into ribulase-bi phosphate
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Which metabolic process is most closely associated with intracellular membranes?
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oxidative phosphorylation
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The calvin cycle depends upon light reactions for providing..
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ATP AND NADPH
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What was Van Niel's hypthosys?
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molecular O2 arises from water
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After one acetyl group is processed by Krebs' Citric Acid cycle,
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the concentrations of KCAC intermediates return to their prior values
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Rubisco is an abbreviation for
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ribulose biphosphate carboxylase
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photorespiration is the name for the process in which
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O2 competitively inhibits the binding of CO2 to rubisco.
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The quantium nature of matter explains why
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Only cetain colors of light are absorbed by chlorophyll
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Phosphofructokinase is an important control enzyme. All statemenss are true except
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It catalyzes the addition of a phosphate group to ADP
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Different protons have different energies, it depends on
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the value of v, its frequency
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The energy released during the oxidation of a mole glucose is _____ compared to the energy released during the hydrolysis of ATP.
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much bigger
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Chlorophyll is located in the
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thylakoid membrane
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A plot of O2 released versus wavelength of incident light is called
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action spectrum
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What is not associated with photsystem 1 during noncyclic photsynthesis execpt
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release of oxygen
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What is NADP + reductase?
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it is the enzyme that adds hydrogens to NADP+
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Biochemists use spectrophotometers to measure
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the absortion of light by a sample
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Van Niel, claimed that the molecular oxygen excreted by plants arose from
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H2O
Term
which process is membrane bound?
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oxidative phosphorylation
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The oxygen consumed during cellular respiration is directly involved in
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the receipt of electrons at the end of the elctron transport chain.
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NAD+ + 2H ---> NADH + H+, NAD+ is being
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reduced
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lactic acid and ethanol are produced by the process of
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fermentation
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what can be said about the eating of proteins and fats?
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They are altered in simple ways so they can be oxidized by the same pathways as those of glucose.
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which of the following pathways occurs in the cytosol?
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glycolysis
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an absorbsion spectrum of chlorophyll shows
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high abundance at 400 and 700 nm
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structure of glyceraldehyde- 3 phosphate is
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HC=0
HCOH
H2COP
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Quantum theory is necessary to understand absorbsion specra because
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light and matter are both quantized
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what color is not absorbed by chloroplassts?
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green
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glucose is produced in plant cells during
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the light independent reactions in the stroma
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photorespiration is the name for the process in which
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O2 competitively inhibits the binding of CO2 to rubisco
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which process will normally proceed whether oxygen is present or absent?
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glycolysis
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Difference between combustian and cellular respiration is
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a combustion releases energy as heat, cellular respiration releases energy as ATP
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organisms that metabolize organic molecules produced by other organisms are
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heterotrophs
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structure of glyceraldehyde is
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CHO
CHOH
CH2OH
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how are we animals dependent on plants?
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we need their reduced carbon compounds
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the calvin cycle fixes CO2 into
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glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
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what problems do c-4 and CAM plants solve?
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they reduce the photorespiration that drives down the efficiency of photosynthesis in hot, dry conditions.
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in the first step, Krebs' citric acid cycle converts acetyl COA by
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A cCoA+OA (Oxaloacetate) --> citrate + CoA
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Compared to carbohydrates and proteins which have 4 kilocalorie per gram, fats have an energy of
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9 kilocalories per gram because fats are more reduced
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chemiosmosis is a model gradient for how
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a proton gradient produces ATP
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In what form is photsynthetically produced carbohydrate generally transferred from leaves to other parts of the plant?
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as sucrose
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during glycolysis, ATP is produced by
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substrate level phosphorylation
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la
Definition
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The glycolysis enzyme, phophofructokinase, is ______ by ATP and _____ by ADP.
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inhibited....stimulated
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what is the correct phase for glucose to be oxidized?
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glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport chain, oxidative phosphorylation
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In noncyclic flow, what exactly is it that "flows" through the photosystems?
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electrons
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structure of acetate is
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CH3
COO-
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where does the calvin cycle of photosynthesis take place?
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stroma of the choloroplast
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cyclic photosynthesis used photosystem 1 to generate
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ATP
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Sunlight falling on thylakoids drives ________ across the thylakoid membranes.
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protons inward
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different photons have different energies, it depends upon,
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the value of v, its frequency
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the oxidation of pyruvate molecule by mitochondria generates..
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4 NADH, 1 FADH2, 1 ATP, 3 CO2
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ATP synthase is a molecule which
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utilizes the energy of a proton gradient to carry out ADP + P --->ATP
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structure of pyruvate
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CH3
C=O
C00-
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in a eukaryotic cell, most of the enzymes of the KCAC are located in the
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mitochondrial matrix
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the flow of electrons from NADH thru the repiratory chain is in a certain order from 1-6..?
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complex 1, coenzyme, complex 2, cytochrome, complex 3, O2
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the chemical reason that electrons move through an electron transport train is
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each successive electron carrier has a higher electron affinity than the prior carrier.
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In a "resting cell," such as a muscle cell in your arm while sleeping, the pace of glycolysis decreases. what causes this?
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high levels of ATP inhibit phosphofructokinase.
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what is the trigger that converts a potentially aerobic cell into its fermentation pathways?
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insufficient O2 to accept electrons flowing from pyruvate
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what color light is effective in producing photosynthesis in green plants?
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red and blue
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which of the following numbers is very wrong?
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thickness of membrane = 680 nm
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the quantam theory of light states that..
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light is emitted and absorbed in packets of energy size h x v (where v is the frequency)
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the englemann's classic "actions spectrum" for photosynthesys photolysis of water was determined by
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the presence of aerobic motile bacteria.
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should one raise or lower the pH of a solution of isolated chloroplasts in order that they make ATP?
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raise it
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during noncyclic photosynthesis, the light reactions genergate..
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ATP
NADPH
O2
ALL THE ABOVE (correct answer)
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the reactions of the calvin cycle generate
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glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, a precursor of glucose
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what is the most abundant protein in the world?
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rubisco
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during redox reactions, the molecule that receives an electron is
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reduced
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structure of lactate
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CH3
HCOH
COO-
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proteins are ejected from the mitochondrial matrix as a consequence of
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electron transfer throguh respiratory proteins
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during redox reactions, the molecule that donatees an electron is being
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oxidized
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all of the following statements are true about glycolysis except one.
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the major control point is the allosteric modulation of pyruvate by NAD+
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Can the light reactions of ps 2 and ps 1 operate independently of the calvin cycle?
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No, they'll stop as soon as they have turned all the ADP into ATP, and NADP+ into NADPH
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The calvin cycle fixes CO2
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glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate
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c-4 plants are a solutions to a problem . what's the problem?
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closure of stomata raises the ratio of O2/C02, interfering with rubisco.
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organisms that metabolize organic molecules produced by other organisms
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heterotrophs.
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Which metabolic process is most clearly associated with intracellular membranes?
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oxidative phophorylation
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Phosphofructinase is an important control enzyme. All these statements about PFKase are true except which?
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it catalyzes the additions of a phosphate group to ADP.
Term
The net products of glycolysis are
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2 pyruvate, 2 ATP, and 2 NADH
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During glycolysis, ATP is produced by
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substrate level phophorylation
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The source of energy that directlyy drives the synthesis of ATP during oxidative phosphorylation is
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the h+ gradient
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When a muscle becomes anaerobic during strenuous exercise, why is it necessary to convert pyruvate to lactate?
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to decrease NADH and increase NAD+
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the water necessary for photosynthesis
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provides the electrons to replace lost elctrons in photosystem II
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the cyclic electron flow that occurs via photsystem I produces
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ATP
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During the first phase of the calvin cycle, carbon dioxide is incorporated into ribulose biphosphate by
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rubisco
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Plants commonly found in hot and dry environments that carry out carbon fixation at night are
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CAM plants
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