BIOL 103 Cellular Respiration Practice

Answer the following questions regarding cellular respiration IN YOUR OWN WORDS (copying word for
word does not mean you really know what you’re writing....)

1. Write the simplified equation for cellular respiration below (balanced)

2. Describe what ATP is, and how it is the “energy” for a cell:

3. What is the first step of cellular respiration called?

4. Where in the cell does the first step take place?

5. What role does NAD+ (and subsequently NADH) play in cellular respiration?

6. What are the products of this first reaction?

7. What is the second step of cellular respiration called?

8. Where in the cell does the second step take place?

9. What happens first to the pyruvates before they enter the cycle?
10. What are the products of this second step (priming of pyruvates included)?

11. What is the third and final step of cellular respiration called?

12. What molecules donate electrons to this final step?

13. What does the movement of the electrons cause to occur at the protein complexes, as they lose
energy?

14. What molecule accepts these electrons at the very end (is called the “terminal acceptor”)?

15. What structure will H+ pass through (from the inter-membranous space into the inner
mitochondrial matrix) to create one ATP molecule?

16. In this final step, are H+ going up or down their concentration gradient?

17. Draw this final step and label the following: electrons, H+ ions, protein complexes, inner
mitochondrial membrane, inter-membranous space, mitochondrial matrix, ATP synthase, ADP,
ATP, oxygen, NADH and FADH2