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9
Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Calorie | amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water degree Celsius |
| Cellular respiration | process that release energy by breaking down glucose and other food molecules in the presence of oxygen |
| aerobic | process that requires oxygen |
| anaerobic | process that does not require oxygen |
| glycolysis | first set of reaction in cellular respiration in which a molecule of glucose is broken into two molecules of pyruvic acid |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
| Krebs cycle | second stage of cellular respiration in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reaction |
| matrix | The innermost compartment of the mitochondria and the site of the Krebs cycle reaction |
| fermentation | The combined process of this pathway an glycolysis. |