Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration Vocab Review

Describes how carbon enters, passes through, and exits an ecosystem.

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The process that transfers energy from glucose to ATP

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Describes a process that requires oxygen

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Describes a process that does not require oxygen.

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The breakdown of glucose by enzymes, releasing energy and pyruvic acid.

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electron carrier used in cellular respiration.

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second stage of cellular respiration, in which pyruvic acid is broken down into carbon dioxide in a series of energy-extracting reactions

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Innermost compartment of the mitochondrion; location of the Krebs cycle.

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Process by which cells release energy in the absence of oxygen

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main energy source that cells use for most of their work

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