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Regeneration of ATP
Questions about the regeneration of ATP for the summer 2014 AQA PE exam
Question | Answer |
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What is Glucose broken down into? | Pyruvate |
What is Krebs Cycle? | a series of chemical reactions in the mitochondria that oxidises acetyl CoA to CO2 and combines hydrogen with hydrogen carriers |
What is the Electron Transport chain? | series of chemical reactions where hydrogen is oxidised to water and large amounts of ATP are generated |
What is Beta-oxidation? | breakdown of fats into acetyl CoA within sarcoplasm |
what is Mitochondria? | organelles where chemical reactions of aerobic production take place |
What is Pyruvic acid/Pyruvate? | the end product of glycolysis |
What is Glycolysis? | the process of breaking down glycogen into pyruvic acid, producing some ATP |
What does ATP stand for? | Adenosine Triphosphate |
What is ATP? | Our energy currency, found in all cells, when broken down it releases its stored energy |