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the process by which cells obtain energy from carbohydrates; atmospheric oxygen combines with glucose to form water a carbon dioxide. |
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| the three-carbon compound that is produced during glycolysis and needed for both the aerobic and anaerobic pathways of cellular respiration that follow gycolysis. |
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| the reducted form of NAD+; and electron-carrying molecule that functions in cellular respiration. |
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| describes a process that does not require oxygen. |
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| the process in which pyruvic acid is broken down and NADH is used to make a large amount of ATP; the part of the respiration that is carried out in the presence of oxygen. |
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| the anaerobic breakdown of glucose to pyruvic acid, which makes a small amount of energy avalible to the cells in the form of ATP |
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| Nad+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) |
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| an organic molecule that serves as an electron carrier by being oxidized to NAD+ and reduced to NADH |
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| the breakdown of carbohydrates by enzymes, bacteria, yeasts, or mold in the absence of oxygen. |
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| the chemical breakdown of carbohydrates that produces latic acid as the main end product. |
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| thae anaerobic process by which yeasts and other microorganisms break down sugars to from carbon dioxide and ethanol |
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| a unit of energy equal to 1000 calories |
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| the fluid that is inside the inner membrane of a mitochondrion |
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| acetyl coenzyme A, a compound that is synthesized by cells and that plays a major role in metabolism |
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| a series of bichemical reastions that convert pyruvic acid acid into carbon dioxide and water; it is the major pathway pf oxidation in animal, bacterial, and plant cells, and it releases energy |
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| a chemical reaction in which a reactant loses one or more electrons such that the reactant becomes more positive in charge |
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| a six- carbon compound formed in the krebs cycle |
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| flavin adenine dinucleotide, a compound that acts as a hydrogen acceptor in dehydrogenation reactions |
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