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Chapter 7 (Energy and Metabolism) and Chapter 8 (Cellular Respiration)

Terms in this set (118)

Matter
Anything that has mass and takes up space
Energy
The capacity to do work and change in state or motion of matter
Potential Energy
Capacity to do work as a result of position or state
Kinetic Energy
Energy of motion is used, work is performed
Chemical Energy
Potential energy stored in chemical bonds
ATP
The compound that contains the most energy
Electrons, protron
During chemiosmosis _______are transferred from NADH and FADH2 to electron acceptor molecules, and energy released is used to create a _______ gradient across mitochondrial membrane
As entropy increases the amount of free energy decreases
The equation G=H-TS predicts:
Mitochondia, Acetyl Coenzyme A
If conditions are aerobic, pyruvate flows directly into the _______where some of its atoms are converted next to _______
Potential
Energy stored within the molecules of ATP is in the form of what kind of energy?
Coenzyme
Which refers to an organic, nonpolypeptide compound that binds to apoenzyme and serves as a cofactor?
Substrate
The substance on which an enzyme acts
Reduced
XH2+NAD=X + NADH + H in the preceding equation, NAD+ is said to be
Energy
The transfer of electrons from one compound to another is equivalent to ______ transfer.
Krebs Cycle
The step in aerobic respiration, also called the citric acid cycle. Occurs in the cavities of mitochondrion
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