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| Name the stage in respiration where glucose is broken down into pyruvate. |
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| Where does glycolysis take place? |
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| Name the stage of glycolysis which uses up 2 ATP. |
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| Name the stage of glycolysis which releases 4 ATP. |
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| What is the net gain of ATP in glycolysis? |
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| What is glucose needed for in the energy investment phase of glycolysis? |
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| the phosphorylation of glucose and intermediates |
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| In the presence of oxygen what happens to pyruvate? |
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| it is broken down to an acetyl group |
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| What forms when acetyl joins to coenzyme A? |
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| What is the role of dehydrogenase enzymes? |
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| to remove Hyrogen ions and electrons and pass them to NAD, forming NADH |
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| In which of the stages of aerobic respiration do dehydrogenase enzymes remove hydrogen ions and electrons and pass them onto NAD? |
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| glycolysis & citric acid cycle |
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| What is the location of the citric acid cycle? |
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| the matrix of the mitochondria |
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| What does the acetyl group join with to form citrate? |
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| What does the citrate get converted to through a series of enzyme controlled reactions in the citric acide cycle? |
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| Name the substances released from the citric acid cycle. |
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| ATP, Carbon dioxide, Hydrogen ions and electrons |
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| What is the location of the electron transport chain? |
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| inner membrane of the mitochondria |
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| What carries the hydrogen ions and electrons to the electron transport chain? |
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| What is released when electrons are passed along the electron transport chain? |
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| What is the electron tranport chain? |
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| a series of carrier proteins attached to the inner mitochondrial membrane |
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| What is the energy from the electron transport chain used for? |
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| to pump Hyrogen ions across the inner membrane |
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| Through which protein do the hydrogen ions flow when returning to the matrix of the mitochondria? |
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| What is the role of ATP synthase? |
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| What is the final acceptor of Hydrogen ions and electrons? |
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| What are the two waste products of aerobic respiration? |
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| What are the two raw materials of aerobic respiration? |
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| In which stage of respiration is the majority of ATP synthesised? |
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| Name three cellualr processes that require ATP. |
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| DNA replication, protein synthesis, muscle contraction, mitosis, meiosis, nerve impulse transmission |
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