Chapter 10 Plant Metabolism

Chapter 10 Plant Metabolism

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. Oxidation is the
   A.gaining of electrons.
   B. sharing of electrons.
   C. loss of protons.
   D. loss of electrons.
   E. loss of water.

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2. Most energy transfers in cells involve a linked set of oxidation and reduction reactions.  This means that ______________.
   A. one molecule gains an electron while retaining its original set of electrons
   B.  one of the reacting molecule loses an electron while the second molecule picks it up and passes it to a third molecule
   C.  one molecule is oxidized and one is reduced in a set of coupled reactions
   D.  the reduced molecule loses an electron and becomes smaller
   E.  all of the above are correct

3. Metabolism refers to __________________________.
   A. how rapidly your body converts food calories to kinetic energy
   B.  all the metabolic activities that take place in cells and entire organisms as a whole
   C.  the rate of a chemical reaction
   D.  enzyme catalysts
   E.  processing genetic information

4. Photosynthesis is an example of a/an _____________ set of chemical reactions in plants.
   A. catabolic
   B.  energy releasing reactions in plant cells
   C.  anabolic
   D.  light-releasing
   E.  mitochondrial-based

5. The energy “currency” of the cell is
   A.NAD⁺_.
   B. water.
   C. FADH₂.
   D. ATP.
   E. glucose.