DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
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C1.2. Cell respiration

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C1.2.1. ATP as the molecule that distributes energy within cells

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C1.2.2. Life processes within cells that ATP supplies with energy

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C1.2.3. Energy transfers during interconversions between ATP and ADP

C1.2.4. Cell respiration as a system for producing ATP within the cell using energy released from carbon compounds

C1.2.5. Differences between anaerobic and aerobic cell respiration in humans

C1.2.6. Variables affecting the rate of cell respiration

C1.2.7. Role of NAD as a carrier of hydrogen and oxidation by removal of hydrogen during cell respiration

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C1.2.8. Conversion of glucose to pyruvate by stepwise reactions in glycolysis with a net yield of ATP and reduced NAD

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C1.2.9. Conversion of pyruvate to lactate as a means of regenerating NAD in anaerobic cell respiration

C1.2.10. Anaerobic cell respiration in yeast and its use in brewing and baking

C1.2.11. Oxidation and decarboxylation of pyruvate as a link reaction in aerobic cell respiration

C1.2.12. Oxidation and decarboxylation of acetyl groups in the Krebs cycle with a yield of ATP and reduced NAD

C1.2.13. Transfer of energy by reduced NAD to the electron transport chain in the mitochondrion

C1.2.14. Generation of a proton gradient by flow of electrons along the electron transport chain

C1.2.15. Chemiosmosis and the synthesis of ATP in the mitochondrion

C1.2.16. Role of oxygen as terminal electron acceptor in aerobic cell respiration

C1.2.17. Differences between lipids and carbohydrates as respiratory substrates