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During oxphos metabolism, how many ATP are created using the energy of the electrons carried dby NADH?
3ATP
During oxphos metabolism, how many ATP are created using the energy of the electrons carried by FADH2?
2 ATP
The energy within a glucose molecule is equal to about how many ATP “energy equivalents”?
38 ATP
What subatomic particles get transferred in a redox reaction?
Electons
Does the light being emitted from a fluorescent molecule have more or less energy than the light that was first absorbed by the fluorescent molecule?
Less energy
What structures in plant thylakoid membranes contain lots of different fluorescent molecules/pigments?
Choloroplast
What molecules are used to transfer energy from the light reactions to the Calvin cycle of photosynthesis?
ATP, NADPH
On what membrane does the electron transport chain occur in mitochondria?
Inner mitochondrial membrane
On what membrane does the electron transport chain occur in chloroplasts?
Thylakoid membrane
What situation causes protons to want to flow through the ATP synthase structure to get across a membrane?
Proton gradient across the inner membrane
What molecule does Rubisco add to RuBP during the Calvin cycle?
CO2
What molecule does Rubisco add to RuBP during photorespiration?
CO@
What is the most abundant enzyme on Earth?
Rubisco
Does a C4 plant use timing or location to reduce the chance of photorespiration?
Location
Does a CAM plant use timing or location to reduce the chance of photorespiration?
Time
What is “invested” during the investment phase of glycolysis?
ATP is put in to energize separation
What is the “payoff” during the payoff phase of glycolysis?
Glycolysis extract ATP and high-energy electrons and NAD+
In a human cell, what is pyruvate converted into under anaerobic conditions?
lactate
In a yeast cell, what is pyruvate converted into under anaerobic conditions?
Carbondioxide and ethanol
During aerobic cellular respiration, what molecule transfers two carbons into the Kreb’s cycle?
Acetyl coA
During “oxphos”, what molecule is oxidized (donates electrons)?
NADH
During “oxphos”, what molecule is reduced (accepts electrons)?
FADH2
