BIO 1050 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS LATEST UPDATE 2026
What does glycolysis produce? - Answers 2 molecules of pyruvate
Where is the electron transport chain located in eukaryotic cells? - Answers inner mitochondrial
membrane
Where does Acetyl-CoA enter to complete the breakdown of carbon bonds? - Answers citric
acid cycle
What will an animal cell do when it runs out of sugar to produce ATP? - Answers convert fats to
acetyl-CoA
What role does oxygen play in cellular respiration? - Answers electron acceptor
Which process produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose consumed? - Answers Cellular
Respiration
When does fermentation occur in eukaryotic cells? - Answers when they run out of oxygen
What do oxygen molecules involved in cellular respiration become part of? - Answers water
What is the purpose of the energy from electrons harvested from glucose in the electron
transport chain? - Answers pump hydrogen ions across the membrane
How is most of the ATP produced by mitochondria? - Answers ATP synthase
What does ATPase produce using energy from? - Answers a proton gradient
What two molecules are produced by the light reactions to power the Calvin cycle? - Answers
ATP and NADPH
Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells? - Answers chloroplasts
What is immediately transferred energy from light during photosynthesis? - Answers an electron
What is the photosynthetic pigment found in plant cells? - Answers Chlorophyll
Which of the following is not produced by photosynthesis? - Answers carbon dioxide
Which type of light causes the least amount of photosynthesis in a plant? - Answers green
From what is oxygen produced during photosynthesis? - Answers water
What causes a plant to close the stoma, limiting photosynthesis? - Answers Hot dry days can
dehydrate the plant
What does glycolysis produce? - Answers 2 molecules of pyruvate
Where is the electron transport chain located in eukaryotic cells? - Answers inner mitochondrial
membrane
Where does Acetyl-CoA enter to complete the breakdown of carbon bonds? - Answers citric
acid cycle
What will an animal cell do when it runs out of sugar to produce ATP? - Answers convert fats to
acetyl-CoA
What role does oxygen play in cellular respiration? - Answers electron acceptor
Which process produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose consumed? - Answers Cellular
Respiration
When does fermentation occur in eukaryotic cells? - Answers when they run out of oxygen
What do oxygen molecules involved in cellular respiration become part of? - Answers water
What is the purpose of the energy from electrons harvested from glucose in the electron
transport chain? - Answers pump hydrogen ions across the membrane
How is most of the ATP produced by mitochondria? - Answers ATP synthase
What does ATPase produce using energy from? - Answers a proton gradient
What two molecules are produced by the light reactions to power the Calvin cycle? - Answers
ATP and NADPH
Where does photosynthesis occur in plant cells? - Answers chloroplasts
What is immediately transferred energy from light during photosynthesis? - Answers an electron
What is the photosynthetic pigment found in plant cells? - Answers Chlorophyll
Which of the following is not produced by photosynthesis? - Answers carbon dioxide
Which type of light causes the least amount of photosynthesis in a plant? - Answers green
From what is oxygen produced during photosynthesis? - Answers water
What causes a plant to close the stoma, limiting photosynthesis? - Answers Hot dry days can
dehydrate the plant
