Test 1 - Aerobic Respiration
Test 1 - Aerobic Respiration
Test 1 - Aerobic Respiration
Fig. 1.1
(b) ATP is described as having a universal role as the energy currency in all living
organisms.
Explain why it is described in this way.
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Fig. 2.1
(ii) Using the letters in the cycle, state where decarboxylation is taking place.
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(b) Fig 2.1 shows that fatty acids can be converted into acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl CoA)
by a process known as oxidation. Both this process and the Krebs cycle require
NAD. The hydrogen atoms released reduce the NAD molecules.
(i) State the number of reduced NAD molecules that are formed in the Krebs
cycle from one acetyl group that enters the cycle from acetyl CoA.
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(ii) State where the reduced NAD molecules are re-oxidised and describe what
happens to the hydrogen atoms.
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3. Fill in the blank spaces on Table 3, which shows the balance sheet for aerobic respiration
per glucose molecule.
Glycolysis
Link reaction
Krebs cycle
Oxidative
phosphorylation
TOTAL