What Is Unusual About the Way That H⁺ Ions Are

question 87

Multiple Choice

What is unusual about the way that H⁺ ions are transported across the inner mitochondrial membrane as compared to the movement of other ions like Na⁺ and Cl^- ions?

• A)Na⁺ and Cl^- ions must traverse the full distance, but H⁺ ions materialize on the other side of the membrane.
• B)Na⁺ and Cl^- ions must traverse the full distance, but H⁺ ions can hop through a channel by exchanging themselves with other protons found along the pathway.
• C)Na⁺ and Cl^- ions can hop through a channel by exchanging themselves with other similar ions found along the pathway, but H⁺ ions must traverse the full distance.
• D)Na⁺ and Cl^- ions must traverse the full distance, but H⁺ ions must only go halfway.
• E)Na⁺ and Cl^- ions must traverse the full distance, but H⁺ ions must change into neutrons first.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sample mean distribution, often used to estimate the accuracy of the sample mean compared to the population mean.

T-statistic

A type of statistic that is used to determine if there is a significant difference between the means of two groups.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that estimates the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by using standard deviation.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing to determine if there is a significant difference between two sets of data.