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Energy Release and Conservation problems


  • 1. Aerobic respiration differs from anaerobic respiration in which of the following respects?

  • Options
  • A. Anaerobic respiration is glycolysis
  • B. Aerobic respiration requires the electron transport chain
  • C. The final electron acceptors are different
  • D. Aerobic respiration produces less ATP
  • Discuss
  • 2. Which of the following is accomplished in chemiosmosis?

  • Options
  • A. The oxidation of ATP
  • B. The oxidation of water
  • C. The oxidation of NADH
  • D. The oxidation of CO2
  • Discuss
  • 3. The amount of ATP that can be obtained by complete oxidation of a glucose by a bacterium is

  • Options
  • A. greater than by a yeast cell
  • B. lesser than by a yeast cell
  • C. exactly or approximately equal to by a yeast cell
  • D. none of these
  • Discuss
  • 4. Suppose a eukaryotic cell had a mutation that prevented the production of cytochrome c. As a result of this mutation, which of the following processes would not occur?

  • Options
  • A. Cellular respiration
  • B. Photosynthesis
  • C. Mitosis
  • D. Cell wall synthesis
  • Discuss
  • 5. The final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain is

  • Options
  • A. CoQ
  • B. a cytochrome
  • C. FMN
  • D. oxygen
  • Discuss
  • 6. The amount of energy (cal/mole) in an ATP molecule produced by a cell from glucose by fermentation is

  • Options
  • A. greater than aerobic metabolism
  • B. less than aerobic metabolism
  • C. exactly or approximately equal to aerobic metabolism
  • D. none of the above
  • Discuss
  • 7. Fatty acids are oxidized to acetyl-CoA by which of the following pathways?

  • Options
  • A. ?-oxidation
  • B. Entner-Doudoroff
  • C. pentose phosphate pathway
  • D. Embden-Meyerhof pathway
  • Discuss

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