BJU Press, Biology Chapter 4

What group makes their own food?

autotrophs

What is the main unit of energy?

ATP

Primary catalysts for photosynthesis?

chlorophyll A

Which cycle produces the 3 carbon sugar?

Calvin Cycle

What is the breaking down of a food substance into usable energy?

Cellular Respiration

What is the primary food source of most cells?

Glucose

Which type of Cellular Respiration does not require oxygen?

anerobic

What begins with glucose and produces ATP?

Cellular Respiration

What captures light and converts it to energy?

photosynthesis

What takes stored energy and converts it to ATP?

cellular respiration

What cycle produces 32 ATP's from 1 molecule of glucose?

ETC

How many ATPs are produced during respiration?

36

What is the breakdown of food without oxygen

fermentation

How many ATP's are produced during fermentation?

2

What is the sum of all life processes?

metabolism

How many different amino acids are found in cells?

20

A triplet of bases is called what?

codon

What RNA contains a proper sequence of codons that will be translated into a chain of amino acids?

mRNA

What RNA carries amino acids?

tRNA

What is the process of making RNA from DNA?

transcription

How many binding sites does a ribosome have for DNA?

3

What is the process that builds molecules and stores energy?

anabolism

ADP+P+energy=

ATP

What converts 40% of energy into ATP?

Cellular Respiration

What produces the majority of ATP in cellular respiration?

ETC Cycle

What cycle produces acetyl co. A and two ATPs?

Krebs Cycle

What produces two ATP and two NADPH?

glycolisis

What is a polypeptide?

twisted and bound links of amino acids to form a protein