Name the two major metabolic "energy-transforming pathways":
1. ____________see Photosynthesis study guide_______________________________
2. see Photosynthesis study guide
3. Explain the cellular respiration using your own words:
______________________Textbook page 132 (or bottom of this page)___
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Name the four major reactions of the cellular respiration:
see figure 8.2
4. _________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________
7. _________________________________________________
Name the fermentation reaction in yeast, and the end product(s):
8. ______alcohol fermentation___________
Name the fermentation reaction in human muscle cells, and the end products(s):
9. _______lactic acid fermentation_____
Name the fermentation reaction in yogurt bacteria, and the end products(s):
10. ________lactic acid fermentation___________________
11. Arrange (1, 2, 3) the food macromolecules in the order used for energy by the cell + state some function(s):
Proteins: __3__ Functions: __________see p. 46__________________________________
Carbohydrates: __1__ Functions: __________see p. 40 - 41______________
Lipids: _______ Functions: _________________________________________________________________
12. In your own words explain why improper dieting can be dangerous:
____________see p. 144 and the discussion in class about anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and obesity)_____________________________
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13. Energy transformation from light energy to chemical bond energy of carbohydrate molecules?
______see Photosynthesis study guide__________
14. Breakdown of glucose to carbon dioxide and water with buildup of ATP?
_______see Photosynthesis study guide____________
15. Some desert beetles can live out their life without ever drinking liquid water. They survive on "metabolic water", which
a. is produced as water from the organisms they eat.
b. is absorbed from the air along with respiratory oxygen.
c. is a breakdown product of pyruvate, along with carbon dioxide inside the mitochondria. _________________
d. is an original storehouse of water that is never allowed to pass out of the cell membrane.
e. is a breakdown product from glycolysis in the cytoplasm.
17: Explain the figure below:
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____see Photosynthesis study guide___
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