Basics Of Cellular Respiration
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This is a quiz regarding cellular respiration. All the best for this biological quiz!
- 1.Cellular Respiration begins with _____________.
- A.
Glycolysis
- B.
Aerobic respiration
- C.
Oxidization
- D.
Anaerobic respiration
- 2.True or False? Fermentation is a set of anaerobic pathways in which pyruvic acid is converted into other organic molecules in the cytosol.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- C.
Maybe
- 3.When organic compounds are broken down and energy is released, what is created?
- A.
ATP
- B.
ADP
- C.
Phosphate
- D.
All of the above
- 4.When glycolysis occurs, the products can follow three pathways
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Pathways that operate without the presence of oxygen are called _______
- A.
De-oxygenated pathways
- B.
Aerobic pathways
- C.
Anerobic pathways
- D.
Pyruvic pathways
- 6.When one six-carbon molecule of glucose is oxidized, what is created?
- A.
Citric acid
- B.
Pyruvic acid
- C.
Lactic acid
- D.
Glucose
- 7.When an enzyme converts pyruvic acid into another three-carbon compound, it's called:
- A.
Glycolysis
- B.
Energy yielding
- C.
Lactic acid fermentation
- D.
The Calvin Cycle
- 8.________ is a product of alcoholic fermentation
- A.
Ethyl alcohol
- B.
Yeast
- C.
Phosphates
- D.
Glucose
- 9.Aerobic respiration has two stages.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.The________ is when the oxidation of glucose that began with glycolysis is completed
- A.
Electron Transport Chain
- B.
Calvin Cycle
- C.
Kreb's Cycle
- D.
Benson Cycle
- 11.When pyruvic acid is produced through glycolysis, it diffuses across the __________.
- A.
Mitochondrial membrane
- B.
Cristae
- C.
Mitochondrial Matrix
- D.
Shell
- 12.Where are the electron transport chains in eukaryotic cells?
- A.
Vacuoles
- B.
The Nucleus
- C.
The Nucleolus
- D.
Inner membranes of Mitochondria
- 13.ATP can be synthesized by chemiosmosis only if electrons continue to move from molecule to molecule in the ETC.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Once no more electrons enter the ETC, what happens?
- A.
Two times more ATP is synthesized than before
- B.
ATP synthesis slows down
- C.
ADP is no longer produced
- D.
ATP synthesis stops
- 15.The actual number of ATP molecules generated varies from cell to cell.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 16.The input/output of Glycolysis is __________
- A.
Pyruvate/Glucose
- B.
Glucose/ Pyruvate
- C.
1 ATP/ NADH
- D.
None of the above
- 17.
- A.
NADH+FADH2/ 34 or 36 ATP
- B.
Pyruvate/Glucose
- C.
Glucose/Glucose
- D.
2 ATP/ Pyruvate
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