Consider a hepatocyte (liver cell) carrying out the oxidation of glucose under aerobic conditions. Potasstum cyanide, a potent inhibitor of the enzyme cytochrome c, is administered. Indicate whether each of the following statements about the effect of this uncoupler is true or false; if false, briefly justify in one or two sentences. (4 points total) (a) The rate of oxygen consumption will decrease. (b) The cell will switch from glucose oxidation to fatty acid oxidation. (c) ATP synthase will still be able to create ATP. (d) Lactic acid fermentation will increase sharply.

(a) The rate of oxygen consumption will decrease.

Explanation:

The rate of oxygen consumption will decrease due to the Potassium cyanide which inhibits both utilization of oxygen by the cell as well as ATP production. Cytochrome performs an important function in the mitochondria of the cell which is the production of ATP. Cyanide binds to the cytochrome and inhibits the ATP production that is performed by mitochondria of the cell. So Potassium cyanide decreases the rate of oxygen consumption in mitochondria.

4.) metal

"-the movement of carbon from the nonliving environment into living things and back to the environment

-carbon is the essential component of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates (which make up all organisms)

-carbon exists in air, water, and living organisms

-producers convert carbon dioxide in the atmosphere into carbohydrates during photosynthesis

-bacteria in the atmosphere cycles through the system in filtration units

-in cellular respiration, carbon is released back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide

-some carbon is stored in limestone (forming one of the largest "carbon sinks" on earth)

-largest carbon reservoir on earth= limestone

-carbon stored in the bodies of organisms as fat, oils, or other molecules may be released into the soil or air when the organism dies

-this may form deposits of coal, oil, or natural gas (fossil fuels, which increased the atmospheric carbon dioxide)

-fossil fuels store carbon left over from bodies of organisms that died millions of years ago

-they are located in the surface of earth, deep within the earth and beneath the ocean floor."    

yes, because even though a theory has a  lot of evidence to support it, it is not always true