Menarche Cannot Occur Until a Girl Has at Least _________

question 127

Multiple Choice

Menarche cannot occur until a girl has at least _________ percent of body fat.

• A)5
• B)10
• C)17
• D)25
• E)30

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Definitions:

Energy Stored

The potential energy held by an object, substance, or system due to its position or state, which can be converted into work.

Pyruvate

Three-carbon product of glycolysis.

Glycolysis

The metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate, producing ATP and NADH, and is the first step of cellular respiration in all living cells.

Fermentation

Anaerobic glucose-breakdown pathway that produces ATP without the use of electron transfer chains.