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#Question id: 11092


Which statement is the most accurate definition of external respiration?

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  1. Bulk flow (convection) of air or water to and from the gas-exchange membrane.
  2. The process by which O2 is transported to the gas-exchange membrane from the environmental medium and by which CO2 is transported away from the membrane into the environmental medium.
  3. The process by which CO2 is transported to the gas-exchange membrane from the environmental medium and O2 is transported away from the membrane into the environmental medium.

  4. Diffusion of O2 and CO2 across the gas exchange membrane.
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#Question id: 465

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If the standard reduction potential of a certain half-reaction is -0.30 V, which statement below is true for this half-reaction to proceed as a reduction?

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#Question id: 466

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When a reduction half-reaction is ________ (negative, positive), electrons flow to the more readily reduced substance which is ________ (negative, positive) in value.

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#Question id: 467

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The standard potential for electron transfer can be related to the standard free-energy change for redox reactions by using

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#Question id: 532

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In glycolysis, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate is converted to two products with a standard free-energy change (DG'°) of 23.8 kJ/mol.  Under what conditions (encountered in a normal cell) will the free-energy change (DG) be negative, enabling the reaction to proceed to the right?

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#Question id: 533

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Glucose, labeled with 14C in different carbon atoms, is added to a crude extract of a tissue rich in the enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway.  The most rapid production of 14CO2 will occur when the glucose is labeled in:

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#Question id: 544

#Part-A Aptitude & General Biotechnology

One of the enzymes involved in glycolysis, aldolase, requires Zn2+ for catalysis. Under conditions of zinc deficiency, when the enzyme may lack zinc, it would be referred to as the: