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Cellular Respiration Web Activity Name
Cellular Respiration Web Activity Name
Click on The Big Picture button at the bottom of the screen. Watch and listen carefully to the animation. Answer the following
questions. You may press the pause button at any time or drag the cursor back to see something again. Make sure you understand
every question. Continue on through all sections.
Glycolysis
7. Checkpoint: Where in the cell does glycolysis take place?
10. Checkpoint: Glycolysis results in the breakdown of one _______molecule into two smaller __________
molecules.
11. What is the net yield of ATP molecules in glycolysis?
Krebs Cycle
13. Where in the cell does the Krebs Cycle occur?
14. When pyruvate enters the mitochondrion, one of its carbon atoms becomes a part of a molecule of
_________, which is released into the air, while the other two carbon atoms join coenzyme-A to become
___________. Two high-energy electron carrier molecules, called ___________ are also created.
18. How many NADH molecules are created from the two pyruvate molecules that enter the Krebs cycle?
20. Checkpoint: Why is an increase in the number of mitochondria beneficial for aerobic exercise?
22. In what part of the mitochondria does the electron transport chain
occur?
23. Checkpoint: What is the function of the electrons carried to the chain
by NADH and FADH2?
30. Checkpoint: How does cyanide block the function of the electron transport chain?