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Chapter 9 Vocabulary | BYS 119 - PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, Quizzes of Biology

Class: BYS 119 - PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY; Subject: Biological Sciences; University: University of Alabama - Huntsville; Term: Fall 2012;

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2011/2012

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TERM 1
Fermentation
DEFINITION 1
Chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria
TERM 2
Aerobic Respiration
DEFINITION 2
oxygen is consumed as a reactant along with the organic fuel
TERM 3
Anaerobic Respiration
DEFINITION 3
when prokaryotes use substances other than oxygen as
reactants in a similar process that harvests chemical energy
without oxygen
TERM 4
Cellular Respiration
DEFINITION 4
both anaerobic and aerobic processes
TERM 5
Redox Reactions
DEFINITION 5
oxidation-reduction rreactions that transfer one or more
electrons
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Fermentation

Chemical breakdown of a substance by bacteria

TERM 2

Aerobic Respiration

DEFINITION 2

oxygen is consumed as a reactant along with the organic fuel

TERM 3

Anaerobic Respiration

DEFINITION 3

when prokaryotes use substances other than oxygen as

reactants in a similar process that harvests chemical energy

without oxygen

TERM 4

Cellular Respiration

DEFINITION 4

both anaerobic and aerobic processes

TERM 5

Redox Reactions

DEFINITION 5

oxidation-reduction rreactions that transfer one or more

electrons

Oxidation

loss of electrons from one substance

TERM 7

Reduction

DEFINITION 7

addition of electrons to another substance

TERM 8

Reducing Agent

DEFINITION 8

the electron donor

TERM 9

Oxidizing Agent

DEFINITION 9

electron acceptor

TERM 10

NAD+

DEFINITION 10

coenzyme that hydrogen atoms are transferred through an

electron carrier