Respiration Flashcards
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ATP
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Organisms use energy stored in ATP to do work such as transport, synthesize new compounds, reproduce, contract muscles, and remove waste
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Cellular Respiration
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Involves oxidation of organic molecules and a concomitant release of energy
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In most cells respiration begins with the oxidation of glucose to pyruvate via a set of chemical reactions called
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Glycolysis
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During ___ some of the energy released from each glucose molecule is stored in ATP. ____ occurs with it without oxygen
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Glycolysis
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If oxygen is present most organisms continue respiration by oxidizing pyruvate to CO2 via chemical reactions of the ___
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Krebs cycle
