Unit 3 AOS 2 Flashcards
Acetyl CoA
A two-carbon molecule of the loaded enzyme as a result of an intermediate reaction pyruvate undergoes
Aerobe
Living organisms that require oxygen for aerobic cellular respiration e.g. most eukaryotes such as animals, plants, protists and fungi
Alcoholic fermentation
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Anaerobe
Organisms that do not use oxygen and instead carry out anaerobic respiration e.g. bacteria and some micro-organsisms
Autotroph
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Biofuel
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Biomass
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C3 plant
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Calvin-benson cycle
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CAM
Stands for Crassulacean Acid Metabolism. A plant…
Carbon fixation
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Chemoautotroph
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Cristae
Location of…
Cytochrome
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Grana
Stacks of thylakoids
Heterotroph
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Krebs cycle
Pyruvate, ADP, Pi, NAD+, FAD (inputs) -> CO2, ATP, NADH, FADH2 (outputs)
Occurs in the mitochondrial matrix
Lactic acid fermentation
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Light-dependent stage
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Light-independent stage
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Limiting factor
Anything that constrains or slows a population size from growing e.g. glucose availability
Matrix
Mitochondrion
Membrane-bound cell organelles as the powerhouse of the cell; generating most of the chemical energy needed to power the cell’s biochemical reactions
Photoautotroph
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