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Metabolism
Use this resource page and your textbook to help you answer the following questions:

1.  What is metabolism?

2.  What is cellular respiration? 

3.  What can be used as fuels?

4.  What is the most commonly used molecule as an example to examine the reactions and pathways involved in Cellular Respiration?

5.  What are the three metabolic processes of cellular respiration?

6.  In the absence of oxygen, what are the two metabolic pathways?  Where do these occur?

Glycolysis

7.  Where does glycolysis occur?

8.  What molecule is the end product of glycolosis? (there are two of these molecules)

9.  What is gained in glycolysis?

Kreb's Cycle

10.  Where does the Kreb's Cycle occur?

11.  What does the Kreb's Cycle generate, and how does it happen?

12.  Energy is captured in what three molecules?

Oxidative Phosphorylation via the Electron Transport Chain

13.  What does the electron transport chain allow?

14.  What does the ETC consist of?

Fermentation

15.  What happens if oxygen is not present?

16.  How many molecules of ATP can glucose generate in the presence of oxygen?  How many without oxygen?

 
 

Human Biology On-line
Instructor:  Ms. Janda
Mt. Carmel High School
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San Diego, California  92129
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Last updated: 08/27/2008