BIO 211 - Quiz 6

reduced

When a molecule of NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) gains a hydrogen atom (not a proton), the molecule becomes...

30-32

Approximately how many molecules of ATP are produced from the complete oxidation of one molecule of glucose (C6H12O6) in aerobic cellular respiration?

the citric acid cycle

During which of the following metabolic processes is most of the CO2 from the catabolism of glucose is released?

two molecules of ATP are used, and four molecules of ATP are produced

In glycolysis, for each molecule of glucose oxidized to pyruvate,...

2 NADH, 2 pyruvate, and 2 ATP

Starting with one molecule of glucose, glycolysis results in the net production of which of the following sets of energy-containing products?

The more electronegative atom is reduced, and energy is released.

What happens when electrons are passed from one atom to a more electronegative atom?

NADH and FADH2

Which electron carrier(s) function in the citric acid cycle?

glycolysis

Which of the following metabolic processes normally occurs regardless of whether or not oxygen (O2) is present?

It loses electrons and gains potential energy.

Which of the following statements describes what happens to a molecule that functions as the reducing agent (electron donor) in a redox or oxidation-reduction reaction?

acetyl CoA

Which one of the following is formed by the removal of a carbon (as CO2) from a molecule of pyruvate?