Glucose Is Broken Down Through Cellular Respiration, Which Involves a Large

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Multiple Choice

Glucose is broken down through cellular respiration, which involves a large number of chemical reactions.At the end of the cellular respiration process, a large number of ATP molecules are generated, but yet, not all of the possible energy that is contained in a molecule of glucose can be harnessed through these chemical reactions to generate ATP.In other words, during cellular respiration, not all of the energy that is contained in a molecule of glucose is converted into the energy stored in ATP.What happens to the remaining energy?

• A)It is destroyed
• B)It is used to drive exergonic reactions
• C)It is donated to molecules in the cellular respiration process to reduce them
• D)It is lost as heat It is lost as heat.In fact, this is one of the ways we maintain our body temperature.

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