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1. How do cells capture the energy released by cell respiration?

A. They store it in molecules of carbon dioxide.

B. They produce glucose.

C. The energy is released as pyruvate.

D. They produce ATP.

2. The electron micrograph below shows an organelle in a eukaryotic cell. What is the area
labelled X and what is the type of reaction occurring there?

X Reaction
A. matrix photolysis
B. stroma Krebs cycle
C. stroma photolysis
D. matrix Krebs cycle

3. Which of the following is true of the link reaction of aerobic respiration?

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A. The reduction of FAD occurs.

B. The decarboxylation of pyruvate occurs.

C. It occurs in the cytoplasm.

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D. The regeneration of NAD occurs.

4. The diagram below shows a biochemical pathway in a yeast cell.

Which of the following correctly identifies a compound in the diagram?

A. I is fat.

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B. II is pyruvate.

C. III is lactate.

D. IV is carbon dioxide.

5. What is the net production of ATP, per molecule of glucose during

the fermentation of glucose to lactate?

A. 36 molecules

B. 4 molecules

C. 2 molecules

D. None

6. During glycolysis a hexose sugar is broken down to two

pyruvate molecules. What is the correct sequence of stages?

A. Phosphorylation oxidation lysis

B. Oxidation phosphorylation lysis

C. Phosphorylation lysis oxidation

D. Lysis oxidation phosphorylation

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7. Which process produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose?

A. Anaerobic respiration in a yeast cell

B. Aerobic respiration in a bacterial cell

C. Glycolysis in a human liver cell

D. The formation of lactic acid in a human muscle cell

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8. In the mitochondrial electron transport chain, what is the last electron acceptor?

A. CO2

B. H2O

C. O2

D. NAD

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9. What is the role of NADH + H in aerobic cell respiration?

A. To transfer hydrogen to the electron transport chain

B. To reduce intermediates in the Krebs cycle

C. To accept electrons from the electron transport chain

D. To combine with oxygen to produce water

10. Which of the following processes produces CO2?

I. Glycolysis

II. Alcohol (ethanol) fermentation

III. Lactic acid production

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II only

D. I, II and III

11. The diagram below shows part of the respiratory pathway. The number of carbon atoms in each
molecule is indicated.

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(a) (i) Label pyruvate and acetyl coenzyme A on the diagram above.
(1)

(ii) Indicate two places where decarboxylation occurs on the diagram.

(1)

(iii) List one product other than carbon dioxide formed in this stage of respiration.

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(b) State precisely where in a cell this stage of respiration is occurring.

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12. Outline the process of glycolysis.

(5)

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13. (a) What happens to the two molecules in step 1?

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(b) What happens in step 2?

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(c) What are the products of:

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(d) What is produced at 4?

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(e) Annotate the diagram with the two

molecules missing in step 5.

(f) What is produced at step 6?

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(g) What happens to the four carbon molecule from Step A-B?

Why is this important?

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14. (a) What molecule is at step 1? . . . . . . . . . . . [1]

(b) What is the job of the enzyme labeled 2?

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(c) Annotate the diagram with the molecules that belong in 3a, 3b and 3c. [1]

(d) What is the name of the process in step 5? Explain how this process works. [4]

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1. D

2. D

3. B

4. B

5. C

6. C

7. B

8. C

9. A

10. B

11. (a) (i) and (ii) 2

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(iii) NADH + H /FADH2 /ATP (or GTP) 1

(b) matrix of mitochondrion 1

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12. (a) occurs in cytoplasm;

hexose is phosphorylated using ATP;
hexose phosphate is split into two triose phosphates;
oxidation by removal of hydrogen;
(do not accept hydrogen ions/protons)
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conversion of NAD to NADH (+H );
net gain of two ATP / two ATP used and four ATP produced;
pyruvate produced at the end of glycolysis;
Accept glucose/fructose/6C sugar instead of hexose.
Accept 3C sugar/glyceraldehyde instead of triose. 5 max

13. (a) Co-A transfers its two carbons to oxaloacetate

(b) citrate is rearranged to isocitrate

(c) CO2 & NADH

(d) CO2

(e) P + ATP

(f) ATP

(g) the four carbon molecule is rearranged back to oxaloacetate;

this is important because it allows the cycle to start over again.

14. (a) NADH

(b) electron carrier

(c) 2H+, O2, H2O

(d) oxidative phosphorylation;

high concentration of H+ ions in the inner-membrane space;

make an electrochemical gradient;

H+ ions are the right shape to flow through the ATPsynthase enzyme;

this energy is used to create a bond between an ADP and a free phosphate

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