For exam #3
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| 423056782 | redox reaction | A chemical reaction involving the complete or partial transfer of one or more electrons from one reactant to another. | 1 | |
| 423056783 | reduction | The complete or partial addition of electrons to a substance involved in a redox reaction | 2 | |
| 423056784 | oxidation | The complete or partial loss of electrons from a substance involved in a redox reaction. | 3 | |
| 423056785 | acetyl CoA | The entry compound for the citric acid cycle in cellular respiration, formed from a fragment of pyruvate attached to a coenzyme. | 4 | |
| 423056786 | cytochrome | An iron-containing protein that is a component of electron transport chains in the mitochondria and chloroplast and also in the plasma membrane of synthesis of ATP. | 5 | |
| 423056787 | chemiosmosis | An energy coupling mechanism that uses energy stored in the form of a hydrogen ion gradient across a membrane to drive cellular work, such as synthesis of ATP. | 6 | |
| 423056788 | proton motive force | the potential energy store in the form of a proton electrochemical gradient, generated by the pumping of hydrogen ions across a biological membrane during chemiosmosis | 7 | |
| 423056789 | NAD | A derivative of the vitamin niacin that acts as an electron carrier is a coenzyme called ______. | 8 | |
| 423056790 | lactic acid | Type of fermentation that can make muscles sore | 9 | |
| 423056791 | oxidizing agent | The electron acceptor in a redox reaction. | 10 | |
| 423056792 | aerobic respiration | A catabolic pathway for organic molecules, using oxygen as the final electron acceptor and ultimately producing ATP. | 11 | |
| 423056793 | facultative | Organisms that can make enough ATP to survive using either fermentation or aerobic respiration. | 12 | |
| 423056794 | alcohol | Type of fermentation that produces ethanol | 13 | |
| 423056795 | oxidative phosphorylation | The production of ATP using energy derived from the redox reactions of an electron chain; the 3rd major stage of cellular respiration. | 14 | |
| 423056796 | electron transport chain | A sequence of electron carrier molecules that shuttles electrons down a series of redox reactions that release energy used to make ATP. | 15 | |
| 423056797 | glycolysis | A series of reactions that ultimately splits glucose into pyruvate. | 16 | |
| 423056798 | fermentation | A partial degradation of sugars or other organic fuel that occurs without the use of oxygen. | 17 | |
| 423056799 | reducing agent | The electron donor in a redox reaction. | 18 | |
| 423056800 | obligate | Organisms that can only carry out fermentation or anaerobic respiration. | 19 | |
| 423056801 | citric acid cycle | A chemical cycle involving 8 steps that completes the metabolic breakdown of glucose molecules began in hydrolysis. | 20 | |
| 423056802 | beta oxidation | A metabolic sequence that breaks fatty acids down to 2 - carbon fragments that enter the citric acid cycle as acetyl CoA. | 21 |
