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Example Question #71 : Cell Functions
In the Krebs cycle, what compound is formed when two carbon atoms from pyruvic acid are joined to coenzyme A?
Acetyl-CoA
ATP
Ribose
FAD
Acetyl-CoA
Acetyl-CoA is formed when two carbon atoms join to coenzyme A. Ribose is a five carbon sugar in RNA. ATP is an energy compound, and FAD is an electron carrier in the Krebs cycle which gets reduced then passes its electron to an enzyme complex in the electron transport chain.
Example Question #72 : Cell Functions
In the Krebs cycle, what is the gas released as waste?
Nitrogen
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Carbon monoxide
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is the gas produced in the Krebs cycle, which animals exhale. Oxygen is used as an electron acceptor, while nitrogen is not a waste gas. Carbon monoxide is not a waste product in the Krebs cycle.
Example Question #71 : Cellular Respiration
What type of respiration is involved in the Krebs cycle?
Fermentation
Lactic acid
Aerobic
Anaerobic
Aerobic
The Krebs cycle involves aerobic respiration because oxygen is used. Anaerobic respiration involves fermentation because oxygen is lacking and the compound does not enter the Krebs cycle. Glycolysis is the first step in respiration, which precedes the Krebs cycle and is fully anaerobic. Note that oxygen is not directly required for the Krebs cycle (it is not a reactant), however, without oxygen, the electron transport chain will not proceed and thus the Krebs cycle will also be halted.
Example Question #22 : Understanding The Citric Acid Cycle
What are the two main products that result from the breakdown of glucose in cellular respiration?
Carbon dioxide and oxygen
Carbon dioxide and nitrogen
Carbon dioxide and water
Carbon dioxide and adenine
Carbon dioxide and water
The two main products that result from the breakdown of glucose are carbon dioxide and water. Carbon dioxide is produced during pyruvate dehydrogenase and the Krebs cycle. Water is formed at the end of the electron transport chain where two electrons (hydrogens) are added to oxygen (the final electron acceptor).
Example Question #21 : Understanding The Citric Acid Cycle
For each molecule of glucose metabolized, the citric acid cycle produces __________.
thirty-two ATP molecules
an electrochemical gradient
one NAD+ molecule
three NADH molecules and one FADH2 molecule
six NADH molecules and two FADH2 molecules
six NADH molecules and two FADH2 molecules
Glycolysis generates four ATP per molecule of glucose and uses up two of those in the process, while oxidative phosphorylation produces thirty-two ATP per molecule of glucose. Fermentation produces NAD+, which is used in glycolysis. The citric acid cycle produces NADH and FADH2, which are used in the electric transport chain. Note that for each turn of the citric acid cycle, three NADH molecules and one FADH2 molecule is produced, but each glucose produces two pyruvate molecules, which are converted to two acetyl-CoA molecules. Each acetyl-CoA molecule results in one full turn of the citric acid cycle. The electron transport chain produces an electrochemical gradient across the inner membrane of the mitochondria, which provides the energy used by oxidative phosphorylation to produce thirty-two ATP per molecule of glucose.
Example Question #241 : Ap Biology
During lactic acid fermentation, which of these events is least likely to occur?
Lactate builds in the muscle tissue
An oxygen debt accumulates
ATP is created
is reduced
is recycled
is reduced
The answer to this question is is reduced.
is least likely to occur because it is already in its reduced form. In actuality, it gets oxidized, as pyruvate is reduced into lactic acid. These other events are likely to occur. Your body does lack oxygen and lactate and ATP are produced in order to make up for the debt of oxygen. also is recycled to be used in glycolysis so this event is also not least likely to occur.
Example Question #71 : Cellular Respiration
Acetyl-CoA enters the Krebs cycle and reacts with oxaloacetate to form what six-carbon molecule?
Malate
Glycinate
Oxalate
Nitrate
Citrate
Citrate
The correct answer to this question is citrate.
Citrate is created when oxaloacetate reacts with acetyl-CoA and then citrate is converted to isocitrate, which then donates electrons and a hydrogen to . Malate is not involved in this process but it is an intermediate of the citric acid cycle. Glycinate is just a mineral supplement, and nitrate and oxalate have no role in the citric acid cycle.
Example Question #241 : Ap Biology
Which of the following is a correct summation of the products of a single glucose molecule after it has gone through the Krebs cycle?
10 NDAH, 4 FADH2, 2 ATP
E.10 NADH, 4 ATP, 2 FADH2
10 NADH, 4 FADH2, 2 ATP
10 ATP, 4 NADH, 2 FADH2
10 ATP, 4 FADH2, 2 NADH
E.10 NADH, 4 ATP, 2 FADH2
This is because during glycolysis, a glucose molecule produces 2 ATP, 2 NADH, and 2 pyruvate. The 2 pyruvate created are used again to create 8 NADH, 2 FADH2, and 2 ATP during the Krebs cycle to net 10 NADH, 4 ATP, 2 FADH2.