Glycolysis

Practice: Where does the first stage of aerobic cellular respiration take place within a cell?

a) Mitochondrial matrix.

b) Inner mitochondrial membrane.

c) Intermembrane space.

d) Cytoplasm.

Practice: Starting with one molecule of glucose, glycolysis results in the net production of which of the following sets of energy-containing products?

a) 2 NAD⁺, 2 pyruvate, and 2 ATP.

b) 2 NADH, 2 pyruvate, and 2 ATP.

c) 4 NADH, 2 pyruvate, and 4 ATP.

d) 6 CO₂, 2 pyruvate, and 2 ATP.

Practice: Which of the following is a result of glycolysis?

a) A net gain of four ATP per one glucose molecule.

b) Conversion of FAD to FADH₂.

c) Conversion of one glucose molecule to two pyruvate molecules.

d) Conversion of NADH to NAD⁺.