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Southern Adventist University - Dr. Trott's Micro class.
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Microbiology
Undergraduate 2
02/05/2012

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Term
Ch8s9
Where is energy stored INSIDE of ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)?
Definition
Answer:
in the phosphate bonds
Term
Ch8s9
How is energy from NADH (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) stored?
Definition
Answer:
As high energy electrons
Term
Ch8s4
Enzymes:
A)are nearly always proteins
B)are critical for life because biological reactions would be too slow without them
C)speed up reaction rates
D)use of activation energy is lowered by the enzyme itself
E)All of the above are correct
Definition
Answer:
E)All of the above are correct
Term
Ch8s5
Catabolic Pathways are:
BLANK type of reactions that results in energy production from BLANK
Definition
Answer:
A)Exergonic
B)Tearing down molecules
Term
Ch8s5
A)What are the results of Anabolic Pathways?
B)Anabolic pathways are what type of reactions?
Definition
Answers:
A)Biosynthesis of more complex molecules
B)Endergonic
Term
Ch8s8
What is oxidation?
Definition
Answer:
Oxidation is losing electrons
Term
Ch8s8
What is reduction?
Definition
Answer:
Reduction is gaining electrons
Term
Ch8s8
Oxidation is BLANK linked to reduction
A)Sometimes
B)Never
C)Always
Definition
Answer:
C)Always - When one molecule reduced, the other is oxidized
Term
Ch8s12
What is the central starting point of glucose (sugar) metabolism?
Definition
Answer:
Glycolysis
Term
Ch8s13
What is substrate level phosphorylation?
Definition
Answer:
Either ATP being consumed to drive reactions or produced directly by compounds
Term
Ch8s17
What transfers chemical energy into activated carrier molecules that are used to power the ETC?
Definition
Answer:
The Kreb's Cycle
Term
Ch8s17
What all does the Kreb's Cycle produce?
Definition
Answer:
CO2, ATP, NADH & FADH2
Term
Ch8s18
How does NAD+ get regenerated Aerobically? Anaerobically?
Definition
Answer:
Aerobically by the ETC
Anaerobically by Fermentation
Term
Ch8s18
How many NAD+ molecules are consumed by the following reactions?
Glycolysis, Kreb's cycle
Definition
Answer:
Glycolysis - 2 NADH
Kreb's cycle - 8 NADH
Term
Ch8s23
What is the primary and secondary purpose of fermentation?
Definition
Answer:
Primary - Regenerate NAD+ for reuse
Secondary - Generate additional energy
Term
Ch8s25
What are the products of alcoholic fermentation?
Definition
Answer:
Yeast and some bacterial species
Ethanol and CO2 gas produced
Term
Ch8s25
What are the products of homolactic and heterolactic bacteria in acidic fermentation?
Definition
Answer:
Homolactic bacteria ferment pyruvate to lactic acid
Heterolactic species produce lactic acid, acetic acid and CO2
Term
Ch8s25
What are the three types of fermentation?
Definition
Answer:
1)Alcoholic Fermentation
2)Acidic Fermentation
3)Mixed Fermentation
Term
Ch8s25
What are the products of mixed fermentation?
Definition
Answer:
Mixture of acids, lower pH of medium
Term
Ch8s28
Are amphibolic metabolism pathways...
A)Catabolic
B)Anabolic
C)Not catabolic or anabolic
D)Either catabolic or anabolic
Definition
Answer:
D)Either catabolic or anabolic - Amphibolic metabolism refers to pathways that can be EITHER catabolic or anabolic
Term
Ch8s29
Chlorophyll pigments in this membrane of chloroplasts capture light energy and convert it into chemical energy in high energy electrons
Definition
Answer:
Thylakoid membrane
Term
Ch8s29
According to the powerpoints, Photophosphorylation makes what three molecules?
Definition
Answer:
NADH, ATP & O2
Term
Ch8s31
The Calvin Benson Cycle
Definition
Turns atmospheric CO2 into sugars using the ATP and NADPH produced by photosynthesis
Term
Ch8s31
What makes their own carbohydrates from CO2 and energy?
Definition
Answer:
Photoautotrophs
Term
Ch8s32
Define Anoxygenic Photosynthesis
Definition
Answer:
Photosynthetic mechanisms that don't produce O2
Term
Ch8s32
What use H2 or H2S as a source of electrons instead of H2O?
Definition
Answer:
Photolithotrophs
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