Exam 8: Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration

NAD++ is an energy carrier in living organisms that couples

The energy needed to produce the flash of a firefly originally came from sunlight.

ATP synthase is a protein involved in the redox reactions of the electron transport chain.

The photosynthetic light reactions occur in the

You have been shrunk to molecular size and find yourself in a mitochondrial chamber where protons are being pumped out across a membrane into another chamber. You are in the mitochondrion's __________.

_______ organisms require oxygen in order to extract energy from food.

Electrons gain energy as they move through the electron transport chain.

Each time you take a breath you are bringing in the oxygen you need to stay alive. That oxygen comes from

Glycolysis

During alcoholic fermentation, pyruvate is converted to ethanol in order to