Glycolysis Worksheet. Please fill in the blanks.

1. Explain why the phosphate end of ATP stores potential energy.

2. Name three kinds of cellular work that your cells perform.

3. Which has more potential energy, ATP or ADP?

4. Explain how respiration (breathing) is related to cellular respiration.

5. Write the overall reaction for cellular respiration.

6. What is an electron transport chain?

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7. What molecule accepts electrons at the end of the electron transport chain?

8. What is the literal meaning of the word glycolysis?

9. Where in the cell do the cellular respiration reactions take place?

10. How many ATP are used (changed to ADP) in the first half of glycolysis?

11. How many ATP are made from ADP in the second half of glycolysis?

12. What is the net gain of ATP for glycolysis?

13. How many molecules of pyruvate are made from a single molecule of glucose?

14. What molecule stores the high-energy electrons (and hydrogen) removed from glucose in glycolysis?

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15. Place the words below in their correct location in the diagram.

ADP + P ADP + P ATP ATP NAD+ NADH

NADH O2 H2O glucose CO2 pyruvate acetyl CoA