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For each of the following statements about anaerobic metabolism, respond "True" or "False".
Select all that are True.
1) In fermentation the terminal electron acceptor is an organic compound.
2) For a bacterium to use anaerobic respiration it must have a supply of some oxidized mineral such as: nitrate or sulfate.
3) In ethanol fermentation the terminal electron acceptor is an inorganic compound.
4) The terminal electron acceptor in anaerobic respiration is a reducing reagent.
5) In lactic acid fermentation the terminal electron acceptor is pyruvate.

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For each of the following statements about nitrification or denitrification, answer True or False.

1. In denitrification the terminal electron acceptor is an organic molecule and ethanol is produced.

2. Both nitrification and denitrification are anaerobic processes.

3. The reactions of both nitrification and denitrification consume ATP.

4. Both nitrification and denitrification involve an electron transport chain.

1. Which of the following is common to both aerobic and anaerobicmicrobes?
Fermentation
An electron transport chain
Pyruvate oxidation
Glycolysis
All of the above
2. The primary purpose of catabolism is
generation of ADP.
generation of ATP.

oxidation of NADH to NAD+.
degradation of organic molecules.
biosynthesis.
3. What is a fate of pyruvate during alcoholic fermentation byyeast?
It is reduced to lactic acid.
It is oxidized to form glucose and carbon dioxide
It is cleaved to form acetylaldehyde and carbon dioxide.
It is catabolized in glycolysis.
It is oxidized to form lactic acid and carbon dioxide.
4. Electrons needed to reduce an oxidized electron acceptor areprovided by
a) externally provided compounds such asH<sub>2</sub>, lactate or formate.
b) an intermediate electron carrier such as NADH.
c) 0<sub>2</sub>.
d) Both a and b
e) All of the above
5. How are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respirationsimilar?
Both use oxygen as a terminal electron carrier.
These are other names for glycolysis.
Both utilize inorganic molecules as terminal electronacceptors.
Neither receives electrons from glycolysis.
Anaerobic respiration does not exist in microbes.
6. The conversion of phosphoenolpyruvic acid (PEP) topyruvate
a) releases CO<sub>2</sub>.
b) involves the conversion of ADP and ATP.
c) involves substrate-level phosphorylation.
d) Both a and b
e) Both b and c
7. Which of the following is the best definition offermentation?
The reduction of glucose to pyruvic acid

The complete catabolism of glucose to CO2 andH2O
The oxidation of a carbohydrate with organic molecules servingas electron donors and acceptors
The production of ATP from glucose
The production of ethanol from glucose
8. A reaction that yields energy has a
positive ?Go?.
negative ?Go?.
positive ?Eo?.
negative ?Eo?.
negative ?Ho?.
9. Oxidation and reduction reactions are always coupledbecause
a) electrons generally accompany protons.
b) protons generally accompany protons.
c) electrons cannot exist free in solution.
d) Both a and b
e) All of the above
10. Which of the following is true of aerobic respiration?
It involves the reduction of oxygen.
It involves the oxidation of oxygen.
It involves the reduction of lactic acid.
It involves the oxidation of lactic acid.
It does not generate ATP.

Phototrophs need an electron source like H2S orH2O. Where do the electrons from these sources go?(Assume the organism is growing autotrophically as well astophototrophically.)

O2 and CO2

O2 only

CO2 only
Sulfate or oxygen
Inorganic various molecules, depending on cellular needs.
2. Which of the following statements about chlorophyll istrue?
It is a good electron acceptor in its oxidized form.
It is a good electron donor in its reduced form when energizedby light.
It contains magnesium.
It is a tetrapyrrole.
All of the above
3. The unifying feature of all photosynthetic organisms isa(n)
electron transfer chain.
electron donating system to generate NADPH.
ATP-generating system.
light-gathering system.
All of the above
4. Evidence suggests that banded iron formations are due to
chemical oxidation of reduced iron, Fe2+.
aerobic reduction of insoluble ferric iron, Fe(OH)3.
anaerobic oxidation of soluble ferrous iron,Fe2+.
Both a and b
Both a and c
5. In addition to their ability to harvest light in the 400 to 500nm range, carotenoids also
eject electrons from the reaction center.
function as a tetrapyrrole.
intercept toxic single-state oxygen.
transfer electrons to ubiquinone.
raise electrons to a higher energy state.
6. Ribosomal RNA and other cell features affirm that living cellsshould be divided into three groups called domains.
True
False
7. Microbes have started to evolve recently.
True
False
8. The ________ was essential for the evolution of oxygenicphotosynthesis.
evolution of cyanobacteria
development of photosystem I
ability to extract electrons from CO2
ability to extract electrons from H2O
ability to use oxygen as the terminal electron acceptor
9. What do oxygenic phototrophs use as an electron source?
Oxygen
Sulfide
Water
Organic compounds
CO2
10. Three domains of organisms have been established basedprimarily on size and other structural features of the cells.
True
False

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