BIO 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cellular Respiration, Anaerobic Respiration, Oxaloacetic Acid
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Aerobic respiration: consumes organic molecules & o2, yields atp: cellular respiration is mostly aerobic, anaerobic respiration is similar, but it consumes compounds other than o2, fermentation: partial breakdown of sugars that occurs without o2. Cells extract energy from glucose through the transfer of electrons during chem reactions. During cell resp : electrons are transferred from glucose to oxygen, energy is released. Redox (oxidation reduction) reaction: movement of e- from one molecule to another. What happens : oxidation: loss of e- from 1 sub; molecule is oxidized when it loses, reduction: gain of e- to another sub; molecule is reduced when it gains. *oilrig = oxidation is loss reduction is gain* **we typically see hydrogen moving around to represent this (since it only consists of 1 e)** How cells capture energy from electrons: glucose is oxidized (loses e-) through coenzyme nad+ who , accepts electrons. Atp"s more atp"s: with all phosphate having been taken, we"re left with 2.