BIO 2 Vocabulary

ATP

• Green pigment in plants for photosynthesis
• Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate
• Anaerobic process producing ethanol
• Energy currency in cells

Chlorophyll

• Green pigment in plants for photosynthesis
• Series of chemical reactions in mitochondria
• process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
• Photosynthesis process to produce glucose

Glycolysis

• Cellular respiration without oxygen
• Anaerobic process producing ethanol
• Process in cellular respiration for ATP production
• Breakdown of glucose into pyruvate

Krebs Cycle

• Series of chemical reactions in mitochondria
• Cellular respiration with oxygen
• Green pigment in plants for photosynthesis
• Energy currency in cells

Electron Transport Chain

• Process in cellular respiration for ATP production
• Organism producing own food
• a lower-energy molecule that can be converted into ATP by the addition of a phosphate group
• process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches

Calvin Cycle

• process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
• Process in cellular respiration for ATP production
• Anaerobic process producing ethanol
• Photosynthesis process to produce glucose

Aerobic Respiration

• process by which plants and some other organisms use light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and high-energy carbohydrates such as sugars and starches
• Cellular respiration with oxygen
• Series of chemical reactions in mitochondria
• a lower-energy molecule that can be converted into ATP by the addition of a phosphate group

Anaerobic Respiration

• Cellular respiration with oxygen
• Cellular respiration without oxygen
• Green pigment in plants for photosynthesis
• Anaerobic process producing lactic acid

Alcoholic Fermentation

• Anaerobic process producing ethanol
• Organism producing own food
• process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen
• Organism relying on others for food

Lactic Acid Fermentation

• Energy currency in cells
• Green pigment in plants for photosynthesis
• Cellular respiration without oxygen
• Anaerobic process producing lactic acid