Cellular Respiration and ATP Production Quiz

The main purpose of cellular respiration is to break down food in order to make the energy molecule ATP.

Cells use the molecule ATP as energy.

The waste products of aerobic respiration are carbon dioxide and water.

<p>Glycolysis is the process of breaking glucose into pyruvate molecules. It occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Two molecules of ATP are invested in the energy investment phase of glycolysis.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The net gain of ATP molecules from glycolysis is two molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The net products of glycolysis are two pyruvates, two NADH, and two ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The four key processes that comprise aerobic respiration are glycolysis, the link reaction, the Krebs cycle, and the electron transport chain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>During the oxidation phase of glycolysis, remnants of glucose get oxidized, meaning that electrons and hydrogens are stripped off of them and transferred to special electron carrier molecules to make NADH.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The purpose of the electron transport chain is to carry electrons from NADH to generate ATP.</p> Signup and view all the answers