Biology U3 - Cellular respiration
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| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Biochemical process that breaks down glucose to create usable energy (ATP) required for life-sustaining functions. | Cellular respiration |
| Cellular respiration using oxygen as an input | Aerobic respiration |
| NA | NA |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Cellular respiration in the absence of oxygen, producing lactic acid in animals, or ethanol and carbon dioxide in yeasts. | Anaerobic respiration |
| Glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water | Cellular respiration word equation |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| NA | NA |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O | Cellular respiration chemical equation |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| Requires cropland, expensive, not compatible with all vehicles, 2nd order environmental impacts (e.g. deforestation, low genetic diversity). | Weaknesses of biofuel use |
| 60% of energy lost as heat, while the remaining 40% results in the production of 30 or 32 ATP. | Efficiency of cellular respiration |
| Produces pyruvates in final step of glycolysis (and 2 ATP). | Pyruvate kinase |
| Produces water in the electron transport chain | Cytochrome c oxidase |
| Provide short bursts of energy and sustain life in low oxygen environments. | Purpose of anaerobic respiration |
| Organisms that can survive off of anaerobic respiration. | Facultative anaerobes |
| Organisms killed by oxygen. | Obligate anaerobes |
| Organisms requiring oxygen to survive. | Obligate aerobes |
| C6H12O6 → 2C3H6O3 (glucose→ lactic acid) | Lactic acid fermentation equations |
| C6H12O6 → 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 (glucose→ ethanol + carbon dioxide)) | Alcohol fermentation equations |
| High glucose availability, high oxygen concentration, optimal temperature and pH, low inhibitor concentration. | Causes of increasing cellular respiration rate |
| Low glucose availability, low oxygen concentration, non-optimal temperature and pH, high inhibitor concentration. | Causes of decreasing cellular respiration rate |
| Biofuel from fermenting plant sugars. | Bioethanol |