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Cellular Respiration
Ch. 6
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Biology
9th Grade
10/20/2008

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Term
Energy is the ability to do ________.
Definition
Work
Term
Most of our energy comes from burning ________ such as oil, gas , and coal.
Definition
Fuel
Term
The burning of fuel is what kind of process?
Definition
Chemical
Term
All living things need what to carry on life processes?
Definition
Energy
Term
Energy is needed to form __________ compounds from ____________ ones.
Definition
Complex, similar.
Term
_____________ are the foods most commonly broken down for energy.
Definition
Carbs
Term
Living things cannot use _________ energy to do work.
Definition
Heat
Term
_________________- The release of energy stored in food.
Definition
Cellular respiration
Term
The energy released during cellular respiration has to be _____________ in the molecules of certain compounds.
Definition
Packaged
Term
One of these packaging molecules is called _____________________________.
Definition
Adenosine Triphosphate or ATP.
Term
The main part of an ATP molecule is made up of 1 molecule of adenine joined to 1 molecule of _______
Definition
Ribose
Term
Adenine is one of the _______________ bases found in _____ and _______,
Definition
Nitrogenous, DNA and RNA.
Term
____________ is the 5 carbon sugar found in adenosine.
Definition
Ribose
Term
The combination of adenine and ribose is _________.
Definition
adenosine.
Term
In a diagram of ATP, which includes adenine, ribose, and phosphates, the last bond of the phosphate is the important part. This is called a _______________.
Definition
High energy bond.
Term
When the third phosphate is removed and bonded to another compound it transfers energy. This is called _________________.
Definition
Phosphorylation
Term
When the 3rd phosphate is removed from ATP the remaining molecules is called adenosine diphosphate or _________
Definition
ADP
Term
ADP has ________ energy than ATP
Definition
Less
Term
The __________ glucose is the most common food substance from which cells obtain energy.
Definition
Sugar
Term
The simple form of glucose is obtained from the breakdown or _____________ of more complex carbs.
Definition
Digestion
Term
There are several steps by which the energy in _______ is used to produce ATP.
Definition
Glucose
Term
___________- refers to any chemical change in which an atom or a molecules loses electrons
Definition
Oxidation
Term
Gaining electrons is called ____________.
Definition
Reduction
Term
When one substance in a reaction is _________ another must be ____________.
Definition
Oxidized, reduced
Term
When one substance is oxidized an another reduced this reaction is called an _________________________.
Definition
Oxidation-reduction reaction
Term
The substance that is oxidized usually _________ energy.
Definition
Loses
Term
The reduced substance _______ energy
Definition
gains
Term
In cellular respiration after complex carbs have been broken down to obtain glucose, the glucose itself is-
Definition
Broken down
Term
A sequence of chemical reactions that leads to a particular result in a living cell is called a ___________________.
Definition
Bichemical pathway.
Term
At several pts along the biochemical pathway a compound is oxidized. They have to give up their high energy electrons for this to occur. One of the molecules that acts as an electron carrier is _____
Definition
NAD+
Term
Another electron carrier is ___________
Definition
FAD
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