Cellular Respiration Vocabulary

The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food.

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

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The organelle that is the site of cellular respiration which releases energy for use by the cell

• chloroplast

• chlorophyll

• mitochondrion

• heterotroph

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The process by which cells use oxygen to produce energy from food

• cellular respiration

• photosynthesis

• anaerobic respirtion

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Powerhouse of the cell, organelle that is the site of ATP (energy production)

• mitochondria

• chloroplast

• nucleus

• ribosomes

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Cellular Respiration

• the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius

• the innermost compartment of the mitochondrion and the site of the Krebs cycle

• processes that require oxygen

• the process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen

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Anaerobic

• processes that require oxygen

• the innermost compartment of the mitochondrion and the site of the Krebs cycle

• processes that do not require oxygen

• the process that releases energy from food in the presence of oxygen

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Glycolysis

• the first set of reactions in cellular respiration

• ATP one of the most important compounds that cells use to store and release energy

• process that do not require oxygen

• electron transport chain; uses electrons to produce ATP

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The molecule that acts as the main energy currency in cells during cellular respiration.

• ATP

• NADH

• FADH2

• Glucose

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Which of the following processes occurs in the cytoplasm of the cell and is the first step in cellular respiration?

• Krebs cycle

• Electron transport chain

• Glycolysis

• Oxidative phosphorylation

During cellular respiration, which gas is consumed and which gas is released?

• Oxygen is consumed and carbon dioxide is released

• Carbon dioxide is consumed and oxygen is released

• Nitrogen is consumed and oxygen is released

• Oxygen is consumed and nitrogen is released

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