Transcript Warm Up
Chapter 9
Section 1: Chemical Pathway
Food
We all need food
Provides
organisms with
building blocks
for growth and
reproduction
Provides energy
Chemical Energy and Food
How much energy in
food?
1 gram glucose =
3811 calories of heat
energy
Calorie- amount of
energy needed to
raise the
temperature of 1
gram of water 1
degree Celsius
1 kilocalorie = 1
Calorie = 1000
calories
Chemical Energy and Food
Cells don’t
“burn” glucose
They release the
energy from
glucose and other
food products
Cellular Respiration
Chemical Energy and Food
Cellular respiration
begins with glycolysis
Releases small
amount of energy
Oxygen must be
present
Will lead to one of
three pathways
depending on the
presence of oxygen
Overview of Cellular Respiration
In oxygen environment
Glycolysis Krebs
Cycle electron
transport chain
Equation:
6O2 + C6H12O6 6CO2 +
6H2O + energy
Controlled reaction
Otherwise we would
burst in flames
Glycolysis
One molecule of
glucose is broken
in half, producing
two molecules of
pyruvic, a three
carbon compound
Glycolysis
Occurs in cytoplasm
Needs 2 ATP to jumpstart the
reaction
Center bond of glucose is broken
Energy harvested and used to
make ATP
Energized electrons harvested
and used to make NADH
Two 3 carbon molecules are
produced...pyruvate
Very fast
1000s of ATP in milliseconds
NAD+ supply limits production
Glycolysis
In oxygen
To Krebs cycle
To be discussed
next section
Krebs Cycle
Without oxygen
Alcoholic
Fermentation
Alcoholic
fermentation
Lactic acid
fermentation
Fermentation
Releases energy from
food by producing
ATP without oxygen
Therefore
considered
anaerobic
Changes NADH to
NAD+
The electrons then
go back to
glycolysis
Allows glycolysis
to continue
Alcoholic Fermentation
Yeasts
Breads- cause it to
rise, making small
bubbles of CO2, any
alcohol evaporates as
bread is baked.
Few other microbes
Produces ethyl alcohol
and carbon dioxide
Equation:
Pyruvic acid + NADH
alcohol + CO2 +
energy
Lactic Acid Fermentation
Occurs in many cells
(prokaryotes and
eukaryotes), even
humans (muscle
cramps)
Equation:
Pyruvic acid + NADH
lactic acid + NAD+
Used to make many
food products