The Sodium-Potassium Pump

question 128

Multiple Choice

The sodium-potassium pump

• A) helps to maintain resting potential.
• B) pumps potassium out of the neuron and sodium into the neuron.
• C) pumps sodium out of the neuron and potassium into the neuron.
• D) does both a and b.
• E) does both a and c.

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Definitions:

ATP Synthesis

ATP Synthesis is the biochemical process by which cells produce ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate), utilizing energy from food molecules or sunlight in photosynthetic organisms to power cellular functions.

Light-Dependent Reactions

Reactions of photosynthesis in which light energy absorbed by chlorophyll is used to synthesize ATP and usually NADPH. Include cyclic electron transport and noncyclic electron transport.

Photoautotrophs

Organisms that carry out photosynthesis to produce glucose and other organic compounds from carbon dioxide and water using light energy.

Land Plants

Plants that have adapted to live primarily on land, including a wide range of flora from grasses to trees.