Why Is Cellular Respiration Organized into Four Phases

question 47

Multiple Choice

Why is cellular respiration organized into four phases?

• A)So that the energy within the glucose molecule can be released in a stepwise fashion.
• B)So that it can take place within different cells.
• C)So that most of the energy can be released as body heat.
• D)So that oxidation can occur without reduction.
• E)So that the body can make energy from different substrates.

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Definitions:

Price Elasticity of Demand

The response level of the demand for a product to variations in its price, determined by dividing the percentage change in the demanded quantity by the percentage change in the price.

Quantity Demanded

The total amount of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price.

Unit Elasticity

Demand or supply for which the elasticity coefficient is equal to 1; means that the percentage change in the quantity demanded or quantity supplied is equal to the percentage change in price.

Inelastic

A description of a product or service's demand when consumers' demand is relatively insensitive to price changes.