DENDROLOGY

TREE PHYSIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In cellular respiration, carbon starts out in the glucose molecule, but ends up in a(n)
A
oxygen molecule
B
water molecule
C
CO2 molecule
D
C6H12O2 molecule
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -During cellular respiration, a glucose molecule is gradually broken down into carbon dioxide and water. Along the way, some ATP is produced directly in the reactions that transform glucose. Much more ATP, however, is produced later in a process called oxidative phosphorylation.

Detailed explanation-2: -All of the carbons in glucose are converted to carbon dioxide and released from the body every time we exhale. It is a simple chemical equation but involves several biochemical reactions that occur in stages to produce the final output.

Detailed explanation-3: -The starting reactants of cellular respiration include glucose, ATP, and NAD+; and the final products include ATP and H2O.

Detailed explanation-4: -Note that during the second stage of glucose metabolism, whenever a carbon atom is removed, it is bound to two oxygen atoms, producing carbon dioxide, one of the major end products of cellular respiration.

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