AP Bio Unit 3 Test Flashcards

Kilocalories

A chemical reaction involving the transfer of one or more electrons from one reactant to another.

<p>The loss of electrons from a substance involved in a redox reaction.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The reduced form of NAD+; an electron-carrying molecule that functions in cellular respiration.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of proteins that use high-energy electrons from the Krebs cycle to convert ADP into ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The second step in cellular respiration where pyruvate is oxidized into CO2, NADH, and acetyl-CoA.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A series of chemical reactions in cellular respiration that break down glucose and produce ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The production of ATP using energy derived from the redox reactions of an electron transport chain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A process for synthesizing ATP using the energy of an electrochemical gradient via ATP synthase.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The formation of ATP by directly transferring a phosphate group to ADP from an intermediate substrate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Compounds that form between the initial reactant, glucose, and the final product, pyruvic acid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The entry compound for the Krebs cycle formed from a fragment of pyruvate attached to a coenzyme.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A four-carbon molecule that binds with acetyl-CoA to form citric acid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 6-carbon compound formed in the Krebs Cycle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large protein that uses energy from H+ ions to produce ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An electron carrier produced during the Krebs cycle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Anaerobic reactions in which pyruvic acid uses NADH to form lactic acid.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The conversion of pyruvate to carbon dioxide and ethyl alcohol.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organisms that make their own food.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugars.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Organisms that depend on complex organic substances for nutrition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The small openings on the undersides of leaves for gas exchange.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The thick fluid contained in the inner membrane of a chloroplast.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Flattened membrane sacs inside the chloroplast that convert light energy to chemical energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Stacks of thylakoids.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reactions of photosynthesis that use light energy to produce ATP and NADPH.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cycle in photosynthesis that reduces fixed carbon to carbohydrates.</p> Signup and view all the answers