QUIZAlcohol Metabolism Explorer
How quickly a person breaks down alcohol depends on two enzymes, ADH1B and ALDH2, and on the DNA that…
Topic
Cellular energetics covers how organisms capture, convert, and spend energy, from photosynthesis and cellular respiration to the ATP cycle. Tracing electrons through these pathways shows how chemical energy is stored in bonds and released to power the work of a cell.
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QUIZHow quickly a person breaks down alcohol depends on two enzymes, ADH1B and ALDH2, and on the DNA that…
GAMEATP is the cell's short term energy currency. Attaching a phosphate to ADP stores energy in a new bond,…
QUIZLiving things run on a constant flow of energy. Cells break down fuel molecules to release it, then…
SIMThe final stage of cellular respiration passes electrons from NADH and FADH2 down a chain of proteins in…
QUIZMitochondria and chloroplasts were once free living bacteria that were swallowed by an ancestral cell…
LABAn enzyme is a protein whose folded shape forms an active site that fits a particular substrate, so…
LABEnzymes are proteins that speed up the chemical reactions life depends on, and each one only acts on a…
SIMThe light dependent reactions capture energy from sunlight and store it in a chemical form the cell can…
GAMEPhotosynthesis begins when light strikes chlorophyll and lifts an electron to a higher energy level.…
QUIZMitochondria finish the job of pulling energy out of food. The citric acid cycle strips electrons from…
Follow electrons through the mitochondrial electron transport chain to the proton gradient that makes…
QUIZPhotosynthesis and cellular respiration are, at heart, a long relay of electrons passed between…
QUIZPhotosynthesis turns light energy into sugar. The light-dependent reactions in the thylakoid membrane…
LABCells release energy from sugar by respiration, but when oxygen runs short yeast switches to…