Some Desert Beetles Can Live Out Their Life Without Ever

question 51

Multiple Choice

Some desert beetles can live out their life without ever drinking liquid water. They survive on "metabolic water," which

• A) was produced as water in the organisms they eat and is retained, never to pass out of the cell membrane.
• B) is absorbed from the air along with respiratory oxygen.
• C) is formed as a result of the reduction of oxygen as the final electron acceptor from the electron transport chain.
• D) is a breakdown product from glycolysis in the cytoplasm.
• E) is an original storehouse of water that is never allowed to pass out the cell membrane.

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