CH 10 Cellular Respiration Vocabulary Quiz

The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree C

• calorie

• joule

• watt

• kelvin

What is the process called that releases energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen?

• Cellular Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Glycolysis

A process that requires oxygen

• Aerobic

• Photosynthesis

• Fermentation

• Glycolysis

Which process does not require oxygen?

• Anaerobic respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Aerobic respiration

• Combustion

What is the first step in cellular respiration, in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid?

• Glycolysis

• Krebs cycle

• Electron transport chain

• Fermentation

What is the electron carrier molecule used in glycolysis that transfers high energy electrons from glucose to other molecules?

• NAD+

• FADH2

• ATP

• NADPH

What is the second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down and carbon dioxide is released?

• The Krebs cycle

• Glycolysis

• Electron transport chain

• Fermentation

What is the innermost compartment of the mitochondrion called and site of Kreb's Cycle?

• Matrix

• Cristae

• Intermembrane space

• Outer membrane

A process that makes it possible to produce ATP without oxygen by keeping glycolysis going

• Fermentation

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Glycolysis

Organelle found in eukaryotic cells that are the site of aerobic respiration.

• Mitochondria
• chloroplast

• nucleus

• ribosomes