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| the process by which the energy is stored in food inside the cells is released |
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| ATP (adenosine triphosphate) |
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| the compound in which energy released by cellular respiration is stored |
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| ADP (adenosine diphosphate) |
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| the remaining molecule from the third phosphate being removed from ATP |
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| any chemical change in which an atom or a molecule loses a molecule |
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| chemical reaction in which substance gains an electron |
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| oxidation-reduction reaction |
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| a reaction in which one substance is oxidized and another substance is reduced |
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| respiration requiring the presence of free oxygen, in which Glucose is completely oxidized to carbon dioxide and water |
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| respiration in the absence of free oxygen, in which glucose is partially oxidized |
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| the process of breaking down the glucose molecule into two three-carbon pyruvic acid molecules |
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| following glycolysis, the conversion of pyruvic acid to an end product with no further release of energy |
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| a compound produced during pyruvic acid breakdown by the combination of an acetyl group group with coenzymes |
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| the series of chemical reactions that begins with the acetyl coenzymes A (CoA) formed from pyruvic acid |
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| a series of oxidation-reduction reactions in which most of the energy produced from the breakdown of glucose is transferred to ATP |
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| the amount of oxygen needed to get rid of lactic acid |
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