Introduction
- Fermentation is a metabolic process that converts sugar to acids, gases and/or alcohol. It occurs in yeast and bacteria, but also in oxygen-starved muscle cells, as in the case of lactic acid fermentation.
Task
Ok Class lets take some time to answer these questions...
Process
Lactic Acid
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/lactic-acid-fermentation-def…
1. When our cells need energy, what happens to the simple molecules?
2. What is the process for breaking down glucose anaerobically?
3. When don't our muscles cells receive the oxygen they need to perform aerobic respiration?
http://chsweb.lr.k12.nj.us/mstanley/outlines/respiration/respiration.htm
Alcoholic Fermenation
http://www.tempeh.info/fermentation/alcohol-fermentation.php
1. What do microorganisms convert sugar to?
2. After the alcoholic fermentation begins after glucose enters the cell what happens to the glucose?
3. What are some items that Humans have made with alcoholic Fermenation?
http://chsweb.lr.k12.nj.us/mstanley/outlines/respiration/respiration.htm
Advantages of aerobic and anaerobic fermentation
http://evolution.about.com/od/Overview/fl/What-is-the-Difference-Betwee…
1. How does anerobic fermentation begin?
2. Does fermentation use the electron transport chain?
3. What process creates ATP?