Module 8: Cellular Respiration

Study guide: cellular respiration, study questions.

Objective : Describe the process by which energy stored in a glucose molecule can be used by a cell.

Use this page to check your understanding of the content.

Study Guide Questions

  • What is the chemical equation that describes cellular respiration?
  • What are the “reactants” in the chemical equation from question 1?  What are the products?
  • Where does cellular respiration take place? Be sure you know where each individual stage occurs!
  • Name and describe the purpose of the 2 electron carriers that participate in cellular respiration.
  • Be able to do “energy accounting” for each stage of cellular respiration.  Account for all electron carriers and ATP molecules produced.
  • Compare and contrast the 3 stages of cellular respiration.
  • Clearly explain the importance of OXYGEN in cellular respiration.
  • Where does the water come from that is produced in cellular respiration?
  • Where does the carbon dioxide come from that is produced during cellular respiration?
  • Where does the sugar come from that is used during cellular respiration?
  • Where does the oxygen come from that is used during cellular respiration?
  • Exactly how is ATP made in the electron transport chain?
  • What role do hydrogen ions play in the process of energy production?
  • Study Guide: Cellular Respiration. Authored by : Wendy Riggs. Provided by : College of the Redwoods. Project : Kaleidoscope. License : CC BY: Attribution

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  • 11.1: Study Guide- Cellular Respiration
  • 11.2: Introduction
  • 11.3: Energy and Metabolism
  • 11.4: Glycolysis
  • 11.5: Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation
  • 11.6: Fermentation
  • 11.7: Connections to Other Metabolic Pathways
  • 11.8: Videos- Cellular Respriation
  • 11.9: Video- ATP and Respiration (Crash Course #7)
  • 11.10: Video Lectures

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Use this set of 3 printable or digital homework assignments or study guides to provide your students with quality homework assignments for your unit on Cell Respiration. This resource contains 14 student pages consisting of 148 questions. As I teach my unit on respiration, I assign a portion of these questions for homework each night. The completed homework assignments provide thorough study guides for the unit test. You can also use a few questions during class each day to check for student understanding of the concepts being taught.

This set of 3 homework assignments is perfect to use with my Cellular Respiration PowerPoint and Notes set. Click this link to view this set.

Both printable and digital versions of this resource are included. The student handouts can be printed or used in the paperless digital format in your Google Drive, Google Classroom, Microsoft OneDrive, or similar. This resource is perfect for traditional classroom settings, 1:1 schools, or for distance learning.

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  • Printable and Editable Homework Assignments / Study Guides (Set of 3)
  • Digital paperless versions (not editable) for use in Google Drive, Google Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive
  • Teacher Guide and Answer Key
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Ensure that your students have a deep and thorough knowledge of cellular respiration.

  • Questions range from basic to higher order thinking.
  • Contains multiple question types and formats.
  • Prepares students for the unit test.
  • Complete teacher answer key included.
  • Completed homework assignments make an excellent study guide for the unit test.
  • Diagrams and flow charts reinforce the stages of respiration.

This set of 3 homework assignments can be used with the cell division chapter of any biology textbook.

What material is covered by each assignment?

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 1

  • The Importance of Food.
  • Chemical Energy: Differences between ADP and ATP, the structure of the ATP molecule, details on how ADP becomes ATP.
  • The Relationship Between Photosynthesis and Respiration.
  • An Overview of Respiration: Definition of respiration, equation for respiration, anaerobic and aerobic respiration, stages of respiration (glycolysis, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain.)
  • Glycolysis: Definition, occurs in cytoplasm, students will label a diagram showing the key points of glycolysis, ATP production, NADH production, end products.
  • Advantages and disadvantages of Glycolysis.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 2

  • The Fate of Pyruvic Acid: What happens to the pyruvic acid? There are two possibilities for pyruvic acid depending on whether or not oxygen is present. Students label a diagram showing both possibilities.
  • Introduction to Aerobic Respiration: Students label a diagram showing each stage of respiration, the location in the cell where each stage occurs, and the production of NADH, FADH2, and ATP for each phase.
  • Differences in cellular respiration in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
  • Structure of the Mitochondria: Students will label a drawing of the mitochondria with outer membrane, inner membrane, matrix, and cristae. Functions of each part are covered.
  • The Bridge Reaction: What happens to pyruvic acid as it enters the mitochondria? Covers reactants, products, carbon dioxide production, formation of NADH and acetyl-CoA. Students will label a diagram showing this reaction.
  • Krebs Cycle: Students will label a diagram showing the key points of the Krebs cycle, carbon dioxide production, ATP production, NADH production.
  • Summary of total number of ATP, CO 2 , NADH, FADH 2 produced per molecule of glucose.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT 3

  • Electron Transport Chain: Purpose of the ETC, students will label a diagram showing the key points of the ETC, the flow of hydrogen ions across cristae membranes, ATP synthase, the production of large numbers of ATP.
  • ATP accounting: Number of ATP produced by stage of respiration, total number produced per molecule of glucose.
  • Fermentation: Definition of fermentation, why fermentation occurs, two types of fermentation.
  • Alcoholic Fermentation: Reactants, products, production of ATP, CO 2 , and ethyl alcohol.
  • Lactic Acid Fermentation: Reactants, products, production of lactic acid, cramping of muscle tissue.
  • The Evolution of Anaerobic and Aerobic Pathways.
  • Comparison of photosynthesis to cellular respiration.

All answers are included in the very detailed 13 page teacher guide that is included with this product.

The questions are of varying difficulty levels. Question types include compare and contrast, fill in the blank, short answer, labeling, and modified true/false. Questions range from very basic to questions requiring problem solving and critical thinking.

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Study questions.

Objective : Describe the process by which energy stored in a glucose molecule can be used by a cell.

Use this page to check your understanding of the content.

Study Guide Questions

  • What is the chemical equation that describes cellular respiration?
  • What are the “reactants” in the chemical equation from question 1?  What are the products?
  • Where does cellular respiration take place? Be sure you know where each individual stage occurs!
  • Name and describe the purpose of the 2 electron carriers that participate in cellular respiration.
  • Be able to do “energy accounting” for each stage of cellular respiration.  Account for all electron carriers and ATP molecules produced.
  • Compare and contrast the 3 stages of cellular respiration.
  • Clearly explain the importance of OXYGEN in cellular respiration.
  • Where does the water come from that is produced in cellular respiration?
  • Where does the carbon dioxide come from that is produced during cellular respiration?
  • Where does the sugar come from that is used during cellular respiration?
  • Where does the oxygen come from that is used during cellular respiration?
  • Exactly how is ATP made in the electron transport chain?
  • What role do hydrogen ions play in the process of energy production?

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