Unit 4- Cellular Respiration & Photosynthesis Flashcards
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Where does energy come from in the cells?
Chemical Bonds or Chemical Gradients that store potential energy or from the sun
Everything cells do requires _____
Energy
Much og stored chemical energy comes in the form of ____, particularly_____
Sugars ; Glucose
Define Cellular Respiration
A process whereby cells harvest energy from food molecules, usually by breaking fown sugar to CO2 and H2O
What are the molecules that usually provide cells with energy for cellular respiration?
Glucose, Fatty Acids, Proteins
Define: Activated Carriers
Portable sources of energy that fuel Biosyntesis (ATP, NADH)
Energy released from high-energy bonds of sugars is often captured in other high energy chemical bonds of what molecules?
Activated Carriers
What type of process is Cellular Respiration (Anabolic/Catabolic)
Catabolic (breaking down molecules)
Cellular Respiration is a _____ Process; It occurs in a series of small reactions.
Stepwise
What is a benefit of Cellular Respiration being a Stepwise process?
It allows cells to harvest energy at many steps while the food molecule is being degraded.
What are the two ways Animal Cells make ATP?
Substrate-Level Phosphorylation and Oxidative Phosphorylation
Define: Substrate-Level Phosphorylation
Breakdown of one substrate of enzyme powers that enxyme to add inorganic Phosphate to ADP (Makes ATP)
Define: Oxidative Phosphorylation
Production of ATP powered by the Electron-Transport System
When do both of the two ways cells make ATP occur?
During Cellular Respiration
Define: Catabolism
Process of breaking down food molecules into smaller molecules, releasing energy to generate activated carriers.
What are the 3 major steps of Catabolism?
Digestion
Generation of Acetyl CoA
Complete Oxidation of Acetyl CoA
Where does digestion take place?
Outside cells (Lumen of intestine) or in lysosomes
How are larger molecules broken down?
Into constituent building blocks (amino acids, fatty acids, sugars, etc.)
Where does the digestion continue after the Lumen of the intestines
The building blocks enter the cytosol for the next step.
Where does the generation of Acetyl CoA occur?
It partially occurs in the cytosol/matrix
How many pyruvates are generated during Glycolysis?
2 Pyruvates for 1 Glucose Molecule
Each pyruvate enters the Mitochondrial Matrix where it’s converted to what Molecule?
Acetyl CoA
How are fatty acids broken down?
They are broken down two Carbons at a time
How many acetyl CoA molecules are generated from each carbon of a fatty acid?
1 Acetyl CoA is generated for every two carbons