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Chapter 7.1
Chapter 7.1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cellular respiration | the complex process in which cells make ATP by breaking down organics compounds |
| pyruvic acid | the three-carbon compound that is produced during glycolysis and needed for both the aerobic and anaerobic pathways of cellular respiration that follow glycolysis |
| NADH | an electron carrier molecule |
| anaerobic | describes a process that does not require oxygen |
| aerobic respiration | the process when pyruvic acid is broken down and NADH is used to make a large amount of ATP |
| glycolysis | a biochemical pathway in which one six-carbon molecule of glucose is oxidized to produce two three-carbon molecules of pyruvic acid |
| NAD+ | an organic molecule that serves as a an electron carrier y being oxidized to NAD+ and reduced to NADH |
| fermentation | the combination of glycolysis and these additional pathways, which regenerate NAD+ |
| lactic acid fermentation | when an enzyme converts pyruvic acid made during glycolysis into another three-carbon compound called lactic acid |
| alcoholic fermentation | a process used to convert pyruvic acid into ethyl alcohol |
| kilocalorie | the unit the energy is often measured in |