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Chemical Pathways: Miller Ch.9
cellular respiration and fermintation
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Biology
9th Grade
03/05/2009
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organisms need energy to
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carry out life's processes; cellular respiration converts the energy in food into energy that cells can use (purpose- to make atp)
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energy is contained in
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the bonds of molecules in food
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glycolysis
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when glucose is broken in half making pyruvic acid
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krebs cycle
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pyruvic acid is broken down to harvest energy from bonds (CO2 is made)
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electron transport chain
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makes atp
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equation for cellular respiration
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C6H12O6+6O2 -> 6CO2+6H2O+ENERGY
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