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Respiration Flashcards

1
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What is the main product of respiration

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ATP

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2
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what is the first stage of aerobic + anaerobic respiration and where does it occur

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  • glycolysis
  • cytoplasm
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describe the stages of glycolysis

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  • glucose is phosphorylated using 2 ATP to produce 6C Glucose phosphate
  • this is then split into 2 Triose phosphate (TP)
  • the TP is oxidised by dehydrogenation to produce pyruvate
  • NAD is reduced to become reduced NAD (dehydrogenase enzyme removes H+ from TP to reduce NAD)
  • 4 ADP molecules are phosphorylated to form ATP (substrate level phosphorylation)
  • overall net gain of 2 ATP molecules
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Products of glycolysis

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  • 2 pyruvate
  • Net gain of 2 ATP
  • 2 reduced NAD
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5
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what occurs at the end of glycolysis (aerobic respiration)

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  • pyruvate actively transported into the mitochondrial matrix
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What occurs at the end of glycolysis in animals (anaerobic respiration)

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  • pyruvate is reduced to lactic acid, gaining a hydrogen from the reduced NAD
  • reduced NAD oxidised to NAD
  • NAD used to continue glycolysis to produce more ATP
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what occurs at the end of glycolysis in plants/microorganisms (anaerobic respiration)

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  • pyruvate is decarboxylated to ethanal then reduced to ethanol, gaining a hydrogen from the reduced NAD
  • reduced NAD oxidised to NAD
  • NAD used to continue glycolysis to produce more ATP
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8
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why can’t anaerobic respiration continuously occur

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lactic acid/ethanol produced can denature the enzymes needed for glycolysis

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9
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name the stages of aerobic respiration and where they occur

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  • glycolysis (cytoplasm)
  • link reaction (mitochondrial matrix)
  • Krebs cycle (mitochondrial matrix)
  • Oxidative phosphorylation (mitochondria Cristae)
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describe the link reaction

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  • pyruvate decarboxylated (CO2 release) and oxidised to 2C acetate
  • NAD becomes reduced
    then
  • Addition/combining of acetate with coenzyme A to produce Acetyl coenzyme A
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Products of the link reaction

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  • 2 acetyl CoA
  • 2 CO2 released
  • 2 Reduced NAD
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Describe the Krebs cycle

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  • acetylcoenzyme A reacts with a 4C molecule to produce a 6C molecule that enters the Krebs cycle, coenzyme A is released
  • In a series of redox reactions, CO2 is lost, coenzymes NAD and FAD are reduced, ATP produced through substrate level phosphorylation
    -6C molecule becomes a 4C molecule
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13
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Products of the Krebs cycle for one glucose molecule

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  • 6 reduced NAD
  • 2 reduced FAD
  • 2 ATP
  • 4 CO2
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Detail the process of oxidative phosphorylation

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  • Reduced NAD and FAD release Hydrogen
  • H atoms split into high energy e- and protons
  • e- enter the first e- carrier of the e- transfer chain
  • passed down the e- transfer chain through a series of redox transfers
  • e- lose energy
  • energy used to pump protons from the matrix into the intermembrane space
  • establishes a proton/electrochemical gradient
  • protons diffuse down their gradient through channel protein ATP synthase by chemiosmosis
  • catalyses phosphorylation of ADP to ATP
  • at the end of the e- transfer chain, oxygen acts as a terminal electron acceptor.
  • combines, protons, electrons and hydrogen to form water
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15
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what is the main respiratory substrate

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glucose

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16
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what other respiratory substrates broken down in the Krebs cycle

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  • lipids
  • amino acids (deamination)
17
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Define substrate level phosphorylation

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When a phosphate ion is transferred directly from one molecule to another

18
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Example of where substrate level phosphorylation occurs

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Glycolysis / Krebs cycle

19
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Define oxidative phosphorylation

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Adding a phosphate ion to a molecule using the energy carried by electrons

20
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Give an example of where oxidative phosphorylation takes place

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Electron transport chain (aerobic respiration-cristae)

21
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Define photophosphorylation

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Adding a phosphate ion to a molecule using the energy in light

22
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Give examples of where photophosphorylation can occur

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LDR In photosynthesis (thylakoid membranes)

23
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Equation for metabolic rate

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Volume (pi x r^2 x L) / time / mass of organisms

24
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Units for metabolic rate

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mm3 O2 / s / g or mm3 s-1 g-1

25
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Explain how a basic respirometer works

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  • equilibrate the device in a water bath to reach desired temperature (keep tap open to equilibrate pressure, close to seal)
  • NaOH solution absorbs CO2 gas produced by aerobic respiration
  • O2 consumed (by the respiring organisms) reducing pressure
  • bubble is pushed toward the organisms
  • able to measure how far the bubble moves along the millimetre scale over time
  • syringe ‘resets’ the bubble to extend measurement

A level biology year 2 (9 decks)

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